You're on FIRE - by William B Salt (Paperback)

About the Book

If you're suffering with one or more disorders in the book subtitle, it's likely you're frustrated.

BUT, NO LONGER!

Book Synopsis

All disease begins in the gut.

-HIPPOCRATES, THE "Father of Medicine"

Chronic immune-mediated inflammation and harmful effects of the stress response result in chronic cellular mitochondrial-metabolic dysfunction throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, body, and brain.

You have the disorders or diseases in the subtitle of the book.

They present with ...

• abdominal pain/discomfort - some refer to the symptom as discomfort rather than pain,
• gas - abdominal bloating, distention (enlargement), flatulence, and/or noisy rumbling/grumbling, and
• bowel dysfunction - diarrhea, constipation, or both.

They're usually diagnoses with ...

But, this is a diagnostic error.

Inaccurate and inefficient diagnosis underlie ineffective and costly management and treatment.

-THE AUTHOR

There are several disorders and diseases potentially responsible for this triad of symptoms. All of them are treatment targets.

Most also suffer with other chronic GI symptoms along with associated chronic pain, symptoms, syndromes, and diseases involving other organ systems.

The reality is-we're all on fire to some extent.

Hippocrates was right. All disease begins in the gut of the GI tract-the small intestine and colon. The impaired gut resident microbiome orchestrates the interrelationship of a triad of factors:

• genetics or "nature,"
• environment or "nurture"-including your health related behavior, and
• gut barrier function, where impairment results in "leaky gut."

This triad is responsible for multiple dimensions of your health:

-whether you get sick,

-what symptoms and diseases develop,

-symptom severity,

-which bodily systems are involved, and

-your prognosis.

But, we can change our prognosis.

The book will show you how to optimize your gut microbiome and heal your gut to discover whole health.

Nearly 200 figures/illustrations with explanatory text will enhance your learning and understanding.

Review Quotes

I just have to say 'wow.' This book is so comprehensive. It is literally the one stop for SIBO/IBS information. Well sourced. But what I really like is the style you used for it. It is so readable. You have a talent for conveying medical information that is unique and I think people will love it ... I am so impressed also that you are literally right up to date with everything. Thanks for this great piece of work.

-MARK PIMENTEL, MD, renowned gastroenterologist and executive director of MAST at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles

Hi - Dr Salt has drastically improved my quality of life with his recommendations to improve my gut health!

-K.S., Technology specialist

I am so grateful for you and the work you do- you really saved my life a few years ago! Will share the book too. Thanks!

-A.Q., Occupational therapist

Thanks for all of your help. Seriously, thank goodness I found you!

-L.F., hospital writer and creative director

Also, I was thinking about the quote you read to me from one of your colleagues talking about how the patient has to take an active lead in the treatment and work in partnership with the doctor (I'm paraphrasing). I was thinking about where that should go in your new book, and it occurred to me that perhaps it should be a foreword that is read before the patient ever even ventures into the meat of the subject. That way the reader knows from the get-go that the ball is in his or her court which is a different way of thinking than most traditionally approach their doctor-patient relationship.

-T.M., corporate vice president and senior general counsel (retired)

I am so thankful for all of Dr. Salt's time and expertise over the years! I don't feel on fire anymore! Thank you, Dr. Salt, for all of your diligence to helping people get control of their symptoms and live better!

-P.G.

You're one of a kind, Dr Salt. I pray you know what a significant contribution you have made for medicine at large and in the lives of so many individuals and their families. May God Bless you abundantly!

-A.M., RN

And it's probably honest, in a way, to give the overview and be clear in multiple ways that things are complex - that the solution is not just a pill away and that you (whether you like it or not) are going to have to be in the driver's seat for your health care or at least share the front seat with your physicians. That's one of the hardest things, I expect, for patients to accept - that they cannot surrender themselves to a physician and not work on assisting in diagnosis and treatment. I've spent the last 5 years trying to come to terms with these facts and trying to learn how to work on my health while doing all the other things I have to do and want to do.

-S.B., college English professor

Truly, Dr. Salt, you are the kindest (and the most committed, passionate, caring, knowledgeable, experienced - and CURIOUS - which I view as one of the most important traits!) physician I have ever met. You think deeply, and from my recent experiences with the medical community, that is very rare these days.

-G.L., PhD, linguistics