The Skinny Gut Diet ─ Balance Your Digestive System for Permanent Weight Loss

The secret to permanent weight loss revealed. The real reason diets fail has nothing to do with calories and everything to do with the balance of bacteria in your gut. A simple guide to show you how to finally achieve your ideal weight.
The 100 trillion bacteria that live in your digestive tract—which make up 90 percent of the cells in your body—are the real reason you gain or lose weight. When those microbes are out of balance, chronic health conditions can occur, including irritable bowel syndrome, fatigue, and obesity. By balancing the good and bad bacteria, you can finally achieve your ideal weight—for good. 
In The Skinny Gut Diet, New York Times bestselling author, public television icon, certified nutritional consultant, and digestive health expert Brenda Watson offers an insightful perspective on the little-known connection between weight gain and an underlying imbalance of bacteria in the gut, or what she calls the “gut factor”—the overlooked root cause of weight gain. Drawing upon the latest scientific research, Brenda illuminates the inner workings of the digestive system and provides instructions for achieving a healthy bacterial ecosystem that spurs weight loss by enabling the body to absorb fewer calories from food, experience reduced cravings, and store less fat. The premise is simple: curtail sugar consumption (and its surprising sources) and eat more healthy fats, living foods, and protein to balance the gut bacteria. The result? A skinny gut. 
The Skinny Gut Diet centers around an easy-to-follow diet plan. A 14-day eating plan, dozens of delicious recipes and sage advice help you achieve—and maintain—digestive balance and sustained weight loss. With inspiring real-life stories of ten individuals who transformed their health on the Skinny Gut Diet, Brenda empowers you to become your own health advocate so that you can finally shed unwanted pounds and enjoy optimal health and vitality.

BRENDA WATSON, C.N.C has dedicated her career for over 20 years to helping people achieve vibrant, lasting health through improved digestive function. A dynamic health advocate and celebrated Public Television health educator, she is among the foremost authorities in America on optimum nutrition, digestion, and natural detoxification methods. She is the author ofThe Fiber35 Diet, a New York Times bestseller, and eight other books on gut-related health.

LEONARD SMITH, MD is a board-certified, general, gastrointestinal, and vascular surgeon. Currently, Dr. Smith is on the volunteer faculty at the University of Miami Department of Surgery and Department of Integrative Medicine.

JAMEY JONES is a health and science writer with a background in botany and nutrition. She has coauthoredHeart of Perfect Health, The Road to Perfect Health, and Gut Solutions second edition with Brenda Watson.