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First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate in 2016
Copyright © Peter H. R. Green, M.D., and Rory Jones, M.S. 2016
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Chapter 7 appeared in a different form in Celiac Disease: A Hidden Epidemic (first ed.) by Peter H. R. Green, M.D., and Rory Jones, M.S. published by William Morrow, 2006.
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Source ISBN: 9780008144067
Ebook Edition © June 2016 ISBN: 9780008144050
Version: 2016-10-20
Contents
Chapter 1: What Is Your Source of Medical Information?
Chapter 2: Does a Gluten-Free Diet Work for You?
Chapter 3: Picky Eaters—Orthorexia and the Hygiene Hypothesis
Chapter 4: Pitfalls and Perils of a Gluten-Free Diet
Chapter 5: Supplements and Probiotics
Chapter 6: A Word on Testing—What Do Antibodies Tell Us?
PART II: WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE GUT
Chapter 7: The Normal Gut and Digestion
Chapter 10: The “Second Brain” in the Gut
PART III: THE FINGERS ON THE TRIGGER
Chapter 11: Gluten and Nongluten Grains
Chapter 12: Carbohydrates and FODMAPs
Chapter 14: The Double Hit Theory
Chapter 16: Intestinal Permeability—“Leaky Gut”
PART IV: PUTTING ORDER IN THE DISORDERS
Chapter 18: Gluten Sensitivity—the New Kid on the Block
Chapter 19: Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Chapter 20: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Chapter 21: Eosinophilic Esophagitis