Author(s): Steven Lamm

Digestive Health

Searching for true wellness? Start with the gut. Surprisingly, our

gut is the source of many seemingly unrelated physical and

mental disorders that afflict millions of Americans, such as kidney

stones, asthma, ruptured abdominal aortas, and even cancer

or heart attack. This is above and beyond the 90 million people

who have gastrointestinal problems each year. When it

comes to the gut, most people assume that everything's fine

until something hurts. But by then the trouble has been brewing

a long time. To be really health savvy, it is important to understand

the role the gut plays in health which goes far beyond

digestion and then begin taking care of it.