Freedom from Digestive Distress - Softcover

Gitnick, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812932625 ISBN 13: 9780812932621

Publisher: Crown Publications, 2000

Synopsis

Provides an effective, comprehensive program for preventing, treating, and alleviating common digestive ailments, including heartburn, gas, stomach pain, bloating, and irritable bowel syndrome, through a strategic combination of dietary changes, exercise, stress reduction, and more. Original. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author

Gary Gitnick, M.D., is professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Digestive Diseases at UCLA School of Medicine, the largest gastroenterology division in the world. A former research associate at the National Institutes of Health, he has authored more than 300 professional publications and written or edited 62 academic books. He lives in Encino, California.

From the Inside Flap

an I Don't Have to Take Medicine for That?"

If you're one of the millions plagued by such annoying, embarrassing
gastrointestinal conditions as heartburn, gas, bloating, stomach pain, acid reflux, and irritable bowel syndrome, here's a proven program that spells relief -- without the need for expensive medicine.

Gary Gitnick, M.D., one of the country's most renowned gastroenterologists, offers the first comprehensive guide to help you discover which foods hurt and which foods heal; exercise GI distress away; cope with the stress that triggers discomfort; and more. Features include:
How to determine whether medication is really necessary
How to ferret out the dietary culprits causing you distress
How to create a personalized food guide pyramid
The vital connection between exercise and GI health

Complete with a resource section as well as Dr. Gitnick's ten rules to "get your gut out of that rut," Freedom From Dige

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Publications
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812932625
• ISBN 13: 9780812932621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 241