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Your Stomach: What is Really Making You Miserable and What to Do About It (Praktikos Health Series) |  | Author: Jonathan Wright
Publisher: Praktikos Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 31767
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 150
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 1607660008
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.324
EAN: 9781607660002
ASIN: 1607660008
Publication Date: September 25, 2009
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Product Description
Most Americans suffer stomach problems. Many lead lives of utter misery. Whether you call it heartburn or acid reflux, this painful affliction is also associated with throat cancer. Shockingly, the problem may not be too much stomach acid, but too little! And antacids and acid blockers may actually be making the problem worse. This powerful little book offers solid scientific information about one of the most common and distressing ailments in America. There is also fascinating information about little-used all-natural supplements.
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 More like a short medical dissertation November 17, 2009
Liz Ryan (South Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The actual writing is 38 double spaced pages with one-inch margins. It is not a substantial amount of information. There are two more pages citing databases for finding a doctor, and 104 pages of notes and bibliography references. Most of the discussion is about the problem, but there isn't a lot about what to do about it, in spite of what the cover says. If you have never heard some of the discussion about the effectiveness of current stomach remedies, this might be of interest. If you are looking for more in-depth analysis, this is not your book.
Important Topic, Poor Coverage November 9, 2009
John F. Wright (Savage, Minnesota United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Waking up doctors and individuals to the importance of stomach acid and the foolishness of using antacids is well worth five stars.
Dr. Jonathan Wright is one of the top dozen or so brilliant MDs helping to educate doctors and people while providing excellent medical care for his patients. His lectures and presentations are usually full of extremely valuable information.
Unfortunately this book waffles around for the first twenty pages talking about conventional thought promoting antacids as a cure for GERD or acid reflux. It isn't until about page twenty when Dr. Wright finally starts to discuss some of the important scientific concepts (and he never gets technical). Another 19 pages convey some useful information (for the majority of people that weren't aware of this already).
As another reviewer pointed out, only 39 pages of this book is actual discussion of the topic, the rest is supporting references. I don't have a problem with this book being short (it can literally be read in just a few minutes).
I had hoped this would be a good medical reference book to add to my shelf of great books. Unfortunately there is very little solid information in this book. If you understand the basic concept that most people with stomach issues (including acid reflux) actually suffer from low stomach acid, not too much stomach acid, and you understand that consuming antacids only gives temporary relief while causing more long term issues, then there is no reason to purchase this book.
I'm truly disappointed by this book as I consider Dr. Jonathan Wright to be one of the best colleagues in our fight against incompetent medical care. (I never hesitate to refer clients to him for care.)
 Visit WebMd for the same info for Free October 13, 2009
R.K. (Florida)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Never have I been more disappointed in a book before. 130+ pages in the book, but only 39 are actually the book. The rest of the book is the bibliography. Having suffered from reflux for years, I have even had the gastric fundoplication surgery yet still suffer. I was hoping this book might offer some new info, but all it really does is summarize the authors various readings of other books and studies. Save you money and visit sites like Web MD.
 A review October 3, 2009
D. Lamb (Crozet, va United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A great deal of information. I wish my doctor would read this book! We would both feel a lot better.
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