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  • The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ
  • Written by: Giulia Enders
  • Narrated by: Katy Sobey
  • Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (115 ratings)

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Gut

Written by: Giulia Enders
Narrated by: Katy Sobey
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Publisher's Summary

Our gut is almost as important to us as our brain, yet we know very little about how it works. Gut: The Inside Story is an entertaining, informative tour of the digestive system from the moment we raise a tasty morsel to our lips until the moment our body surrenders the remnants to the toilet bowl. No topic is too lowly for the author's wonder and admiration, from the careful choreography of breaking wind to the precise internal communication required for a cleansing vomit. Along the way, the author provides practical advice, such as the best ways to sit on the toilet to have a comfortable bowel movement, how clean your kitchen should be for optimum gut health, and how different laxatives work. She tells stories of gut bacteria that can lead to obesity, autoimmune diseases, or even suicide, and she discusses the benefits of dietary supplements, such as probiotics.

This book is a fascinating primer for anyone interested in how our ideas about the gut are changing in the light of cutting-edge scientific research. In the words of the author, "We live in an era in which we are just beginning to understand just how complex the connections are between us, our food, our pets, and the microscopic world in, on, and around us. We are gradually decoding processes that we used to believe were part of our inescapable destiny."

©2015 Giulia Enders; Translation copyright 2015 by David Shaw (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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Great listen!,

Loved this so much I’ve ordered a hard copy! I find this book and it’s info fascinating! It is well written and easy to understand. The author has done a fantastic job of explaining how our gut and its microbiome works.

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Fascinating and incredibly enjoyable

A soothing book about a fascinating subject. Way more bizzare and interesting then I would of ever believed. Who knew spit was actually filtered blood? not me thats for sure.

The author is truly passionate and the reader is clear and engaging.

I reccomend this read whole heartedly.

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informative

has me respecting gut bacteria in a way I never knew. I'll consider more about antibiotics in my food. I feel more knowledgeable on the topic and will probably review some chapters again!

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Have new respect for this organ

Beautiful and yet informatively written book. Giulia Enders explains very well how the digestive system works using enough medical terms and enough layman term explanation not to offend the somewhat educated and the not so educated in the field readers/listeners. Hope she writes a book for each organ of the body.

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Interesting and amusing

A true information dump but one with wit. Dichotomy of subject matter and presenter accent was delightful

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Very informative

I would have liked more information on specific bacteria to treat certain ailments. however, it seems that only a few probiotics are heavily researched. Prebiotics have been researched even less.

overall great book. a ton to learn.

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informative but dry, and poor audio

Very interesting content but not read in the most easy to follow way. I found myself zoning out a lot. Also the audio quality is not the best, sounds like the recording device picked up too much ambient noise, or maybe the mic was too close? I don't know but it is fuzzy and even with the volume cranked I couldn't always understand what she was saying unless sitting in a completely quiet room. That being said it wasn't very long so I stuck with it for the information!

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Deceiving content

Goes superficially over the subject and makes some inaccurate statements.
Narrator is monotonous and lacks the right interpretation of the sentences.

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Narration ruins it!

I’m sure the subject is interesting and well researched, but the narrator was making it really hard to listen to the content. It almost sounded like an AI voice. I couldn’t finish it.

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Boring

Struggled to finish. Too flowery in the narrative. Interesting topics but disappointing in the details. She wrote it like she was trying to be funny but it didn't fit. Some useful details that I hadn't heard before but overall, disappointing...not what I expected.

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