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"Discover the secrets of your digestive system--and how to hone a healthy gut--plus new research on the mind-gut connection. With quirky charm, science star and medical doctor Giulia Enders explains the gut’s magic, answering questions like: What’s really up with gluten and lactose intolerance? How does the gut affect obesity? What's the connection between our microbiome and mental health? Why does acid reflux happen? In this revised edition of...

This title teaches readers about the digestive system. Readers will learn that food is fuel for their bodies, and about the long and amazing journey that food takes through the digestive system to be broken down into something the body can use. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. --Publisher's marketing.

Includes material on a "wellness program based on a more historically and biologically correct diet, including the use of fermented foods and homeostatic soil organisms (HSOs)" used for "Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), acid reflux, chronic candida, food allergies" or other ailments.

"The companion book to Dr. David Brownstein's Heal Your Leaky Gut: The Hidden Cause of Many Chronic Diseases. Award-winning physician Dr. David Brownstein delves further into the mind-gut connection to provide a step-by-step plan to help put his findings into action with 'Heal Your Leaky Gut Diet and Meal Plan.' The gut- the gastrointestinal system- is designed to absorb nutrients that support our bodies and help us make energy, and get rid of things...

Takes a closer look at the stomach's role in the digestive system. Explores the path food takes once it enters our bodies and ways we can keep our stomachs healthy.

"My First Look at Body Systems uses dynamic visuals and interesting facts to introduce readers to the main organs and systems in the human body"-- Provided by publisher.

"An introduction to the digestive system and how it processes food for the human body"--Provided by publisher.

This book is an exploration of human digestion. Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, the author investigates the beginning, and end, of our food, addressing such questions as: why crunchy food is so appealing, why it is hard to find words for flavors and smells, why the stomach doesn't digest itself, how much we can eat before our stomachs burst, and whether constipation...

An engaging graphic-novel introduction to the human gastrointestinal tract, discusses the science that underlies digestion, counseling students on subjects ranging from saliva and nutrient processing to illness and friendly bacteria.

"Provides comprehensive information on the causes, treatment, and history of digestive disorders"--Provided by publisher.