Super Gut

A Four-Week Plan to Reprogram Your Microbiome, Restore Health, and Lose Weight

By: William Davis MD

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

The best-selling author of the Wheat Belly books brings his next big, game changing idea — the human microbiome and the silent epidemic of SIBO — to the mainstream.

Wheat Belly was a breakthrough, informing listeners that the wheat and grains we consume today are not the same wheat and grains of our ancestors and were making us overweight and sick. In Super Gut, Dr. Davis takes his research and findings a step further and shows that because of our highly processed diet, pesticides, and overuse of antibiotics, our guts are is now missing so many of the good bacteria required to be healthy. As a result, many of us have lost control over health, weight, mood, even behavior.

The ancient bacteria that keep our gut in alignment and our digestion easy have been dying off, replaced by harmful microbes that don’t serve to keep us physically healthy and mentally fit. With cutting-edge research, Dr. Davis has connected the dots between gut health and modern ailments and complaints. There are entire species of microbes that have disappeared, creating health issues that were uncommon 100, or even 50, years ago. A major consequence is SIBO (small intestinal bacterial overgrowth), a silent and profound epidemic, which affects one out of three people and is responsible for an astounding range of human health conditions.

Super Gut shows listeners how to eliminate bad bacteria and bring back the missing “good” bacteria with a four-week plan to reprogram your microbiome based on research and techniques that not only get to the root of many diseases but improve levels of oxytocin (the bonding/happy hormone), brain health, and promote anti-aging, weight loss, mental clarity, and more restful sleep. Super Gut explains the science clearly and includes more than forty recipes, a diet plan, and resources so you can pinpoint your gut issues, correct them, and maintain your long-term health and well-being.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 William Davis, MD (P)2022 Hachette Go

Critic reviews

“Super Gut reveals how virtually every aspect of our health is fundamentally influenced by the vast array of microscopic organisms living upon and within us. Dr. Davis makes it clear that so many issues related to living in our modern world challenge this relationship and set the stage for illness. But the good news, as Super Gut so eloquently portrays, centers on our new-found ability to improve the health and functionality of the vast array of microbes upon which we depend. It’s clear that we can manipulate this relationship to our advantage. And Dr. Davis shows us how.” (David Perlmutter, MD, author, number one New York Times best seller of Grain Brain and Drop Acid)

“Reading Super Gut is reading an incredibly important manual on building the super ‘hard drive’ for a long, healthy, and productive life.... With easy-to-implement, inexpensive recommendations, it won’t be long before you’re forever grateful you took the time to read and implement.... All disease begins in the gut. So build a Super Gut!” (Dr. Tom O’Bryan, author of The Autoimmune Fix and You Can Fix Your Brain)

"Super Gut brings the conversation into new territory. Bacteria are not the bad guys! Dr. Davis' plan helps you replenish the microbiome and eliminate those culprits that are depleting us of essential natural probiotics that maintain a healthy gut. Microbiome medicine is an essential part of good health, disease prevention, vitality, and longevity. Bravo to Dr. Davis on this newest addition to the literature.” (Dr. Raphael Kellman, founder of Microbiome Medicine, author of The Microbiome Diet, The Microbiome Breakthrough, and Microbiome Thyroid)

Good information if you can follow

Dr. Davis is very knowledgeable about this subject and has lots of information to share. Unfortunately there are just so many details with exact numbers and such, it is nearly impossible to follow all the advice and information coming your way. I wish he had just broken the plan down into an easier format. I think this would be a better read with a physical book. I had the same proplem with Undoctored by Dr Davis. He also spends quite a bit of time repeating the same information to drive home a point. I don't really need too much convincing. I'm here listening because I am already a convert to the importance of the microbiome. The yogurt is fantastic though! So for sure, get this info in one form or another.

Great book

If you value your health and nothing else is working then try this book and implement this program. I’m excited to get started.

Love it

I’m so excited to make the recipes! Hope he will try the nutrilite probiotics. I enjoyed the audio and the information.

A Must Read Book

The book is a Clarion call to all. It underscores the importance of Gut health and describes how to cultivate a healthy micro biome. Will be trying out the recipes.

Amazing book!!

I absolutely loved this book. I liked it so much that I bought paper version to access the recipes and take notes! I am very much looking forward to starting this 4 week protocol!!

Healthcare practitioner approved!

As a healthcare practitioner (a chiropractor) I have seen the detriment of poor gut health and the benefits of good gut health in both myself and my patients. Dr. Davis does a phenomenal job distilling the information to make it easy to understand for the layperson. If you don’t have any background in gut health, then listening to Wheat Belly would help.

I am excited to try his yogurt recipes and I’m thankful that he included these in this book. It was a great touch that he sourced the probiotics and other supplements to make it easy for anyone to find them.

Gut health is the core to our health.

So glad I got this!

I pre-ordered this book on the recommendation of Ben Greenfield and I'm glad I did. I loved wheat belly, and combining these two methodologies seems to be a great way to take strides towards your optimal health. Definitely making these yogurt recipes!

You're going to be very happy reading this.

Your Dr won't. What a great description of how to heal ourselves. You'll stop having to see them ant you'll be off your meds

Good recipes

I chose this book because of its involvement with fermentation. It started off a bit technical, but then took off to explain the microbiome of the small intestine and the problems of bacterial and fungal overgrowth. I enjoyed the back half of the book where it explains the different probiotic bacteria, why they are important, and how to ferment and establish them.

Does it work?

What a powerful book and tremendous message in our day. Now on to the testing of the many hypothesis methods set forth. If the 4 weeks that are laid out can be repeated and yield the actual results that many have claimed… this is one of the more powerful set of core beliefs that one seeking health should investigate. Now it’s my turn to test, see my results and potentially list my moment at a later time. I’m hopes of updating in 4 weeks with wild and great results, this is a must read even if it’s just for anecdotal open minded hope for a better gut health future. Kind regards.