Let's Talk Sh!t: Disease, Digestion, Gut Health, and Fecal Transplants

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"All disease begins in the gut." Hippocrates

Let's Talk Sh!t is a humorous, easy-to-digest explanation of gastrointestinal disorders, their current treatments, as well as next-generation hope for 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. Let's Talk Sh!t examines the human microbiomethe dynamic world of bacteria, fungus, and viruses that comprises more than 50 percent of our mortal selves.

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. They also share nutritional tips to avoid illness, improve digestion, and support our own microbiomes.

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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. A process by which the gut is recolonized with the necessary beneficial flora, which have dramatic impact on overall health. 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 Crohns disease, Autism, Celiac, Alzheimers, Alopecia Areata, Obesity, Psoriasis, Metastatic Cancer, and recurrent infection with Clostridium difficile.
Sheli Ellsworthis an award-winning short story writer andcolumnist, 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 Laughis 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 anthologiesQuintessence, 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.