Let's Talk Sh!t

"All disease begins in the gut." —Hippocrates

A humorous, easy-to-digest guide to the gut and next generation hope to combat heart disease, obesity, autism, Alzheimer's, and more.

Let’s Talk Sh!t examines the human microbiome—the dynamic world of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that com­prises more than 50 percent of our mortal selves—and its role in health and well-being. This informative catch-all compendium is packed with knowledge about gastrointestinal disorders and their current treatments, offering readers next-generation hope to combat heart disease, obesity, autism, Alzheimer’s, and more.

From constipation to cancer, research indicates that our unique microbiomes may be the basis for future advances in health and wellness. Dr. Sabine Hazan and Dr. Thomas Borody, leaders in microbiome research, explore the rea­son therapies may not be working for many and why fecal transplants may be part of the solution.

Additionally, the authors share nutri­tional tips, recipes, what foods to cut from your diet, as well as lifestyle changes you can make to avoid illness, improve your digestion, and support your microbiome.
 

Dr. Sabine Hazan is an acclaimed physician at the forefront of medicine and the founder of ProgenaBiome, LLC, Ventura Clinical Trials, LLC, and Malibu Specialty Center.Dr. Hazan was the first woman accepted into the University of Florida as a Clinical Gastroenterology Fellow, and has continued to be a pioneer in medicine. She has recently turned her focus to Fecal Microbiota Transplant, also known as FMT. Due to the results she observed with FMT, she opened ProgenaBiome to better understand the gut flora and disease. Spearheading advancement in medicine, this treatment is being explored by Dr. Hazan following the leadership of Dr. Thomas Borody and the late Dr. Sydney Finegold to treat Crohn’s disease, Autism, Celiac, Alzheimer’s, Alopecia Areata, Obesity, Psoriasis, Metastatic Cancer, and recurrent infection with Clostridium difficile.

Sheli Ellsworth is an award-winning short story writer and columnist, and holds a master's degree in psychology used mainly to annoy family and friends. Her first book The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life: Sometimes I Pee When I Laugh is a hysterical and heartwarming observation of life. Her writing has been published in the Pacific Daily News, the Ventura County Star, and the Ventura Breeze. Her fiction appears the anthologies Quintessence, Windows, and Serendipity. Auto Week, BackHome, and Zone4 magazines have also published her humorous stories. Additionally, she is a book critic for the Sacramento Book Review, San Francisco Book Review, and the Portland Book Review. Her advice column, Dear Miss Betty: Advice for Those Who Need to be Slapped has run in Spotlight on Recovery magazine and the Ventura Breeze.

Thomas Borody, MD, is pioneering gastroenterologist who contributed to the development of a treatment for H. Pylori. He studied at The University of New South Wales and Sydney University. He completed his postgraduate studies at Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research and the Mayo Clinic. In 1984, he founded the Centre for Digestive Diseases in New South Wales.

“I’m a GI doc (and admitted colleague of Drs. Hazan and Borody), but also a curmudgeon and general pop-medicine cynic, particularly in the microbiome space. So I’m primed to be skeptical, but they really nailed it here. For one, it’s super readable and funny, which I wasn’t expecting. Furthermore, it’s reasonable in its science and advice; no irrational promises, just the facts. Well done, team!” —Neil Stollman, MD, AGAF, FACP, FACG, leading gastroenterologist

“Dr. Hazan, et al, have made the part of our bodies that we least like to talk about into a critical and essential part of our being that impacts much if not all of one’s health. Readers will certainly have a new realization about the impact of sh*t on our lives.” —Howard Young, PhD, scientist emeritus, National Cancer Institute

"Dr. Hazan and her colleagues have taken on a complex subject with scientific rigor that has largely eluded other investigators. This approach promises to deliver a better way of establishing gut health which is so vital for the developing and aging brain." —Sheldon Jordan, FAAN, MD, leading neurologist, chief investigator, The Regenesis Project

“This pioneering work on the role of gut microbes in intestinal and systemic pathology has inspired many clinicians and researchers, including myself, to view the gastrointestinal tract as the origin of a wide variety of human diseases, ranging from autoimmunity to neurodegenerative, and neuropsychiatric disorders.”—Adonis Sfera, MD, chief of professional education, California Department of State Hospitals at Patton; assistant clinical professor, University of California Riverside and Loma Linda University