Bugs, Bowels, and Behavior

The Groundbreaking Story of the Gut-Brain Connection

Teri Arranga, Claire I. Viadro, Lauren Underwood

• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781616087364
• eBook ISBN: 9781626364349
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Diseases & Allergies

According to the National Institutes of Health, there are sixty to seventy million people affected by digestive diseases in the United States. The old proverb tells us "you are what you eat, " and the latest science shows that this may be truer than we even thought. Diet has a profound effect on both physical and mental health. Most of the body's immune system is in the gut, so pathology and dysfunction in the gut and imbalanced gut flora can cause neuroinflammation and possibly even neurodegenerative disease over time.Featuring contributions from dozens of experts on gut disorders and related physical, mental, and behavioral health, this book will fascinate you as you read about the intriguing world of bad bugs, cytokine storms, and the environment in your belly that influences your brain. From the microscopic world of Clostridium to the complex communities of biofilm, Bugs, Bowels, and Behavior emphasizes one simple fact: The gut is connected to the brain.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Foreword: Bugs, Bowels, Brains, Behavior and the Emergence of Brain-Body-Planet Medicine by Martha Herbert, PhD, MD
• Introduction by Lauren Underwood, PhD
• Chapter One: The Biochemical Connection between the Gut and the Brain: How Food, Bugs, and the Gut Barrier Affect Health, Behavior, and Cognition by Geri Brewster, RD, MPH, CDN
• Chapter Two: Theories of Gut-Brain Axis Involvement in Childhood Developmental Disorders by Arthur Krigsman, MD
• Chapter Three: Role of the GI Tract in Neuroepigenetic Regulation During Early Development and Its Implications for Autism by Richard C. Deth, PhD; Nathaniel W.Hodgson; Stephen Walker, PhD; Arthur Krigsman, MD; and Malav S. Trivedi
• Chapter Four: Biofilm: A Cause of Chronic Gastrointestinal Issues in ASD by John H. Hicks III, MD
• Chapter Five: Old Friends, New Treatment: Helminthic Therapy in Autism by Judith Chinitz, MS, MS
• Chapter Six: The Not So Small World of Gut Microbes: How They Influence Behavior and the Brain in Big Ways by James Jeffrey Bradstreet, MD, MD(H), FAAFP
• Chapter Seven: Gut Microbiota-Brain Connection by Thomas J. Borody, MD, PhD, and Jordana Campbell, BSc
• Chapter Eight: FMT: A Parent’s Account of a Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Done for a 15-year-old Female Presenting with Autism, Chronic Constipation, and Very Low Energy Levels by Michael F. Wagnitz
• Chapter Nine: The Role of Intestinal and Other Microbes in Autism and Other Diseases Affecting the Central Nervous System by Sydney M. Finegold, MD
• Chapter Ten: Gastrointestinal Balance and Neurotransmitter Formation by Amy Yasko, PhD, AMD, FAAIM, and Nancy Mullan, MD
• Chapter Eleven: Interrelationships among the Gut, Mitochondrial Function, and Neurological Sequelae by Daniel A. Rossignol, MD, FAAFP
• Chapter Twelve: Milk: Effects & Implications for Autism and Other Disorders by Krystal D. Dubé and Richard C. Deth, PhD
• Chapter Thirteen: Is It Ever Too Late? Using a Biomedical Approach and Dietary Intervention to Treat Children and Adults with Autism by Pamela Ferro, RN, ASN; Raman Prasad, MS; and Carol Wester, RN, MSN, PMHCNS, BC
• Chapter Fourteen: Diagnosing and Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Genomic Era by Stephen Walker, PhD
• Chapter Fifteen: Food Allergy and the Gut-Brain Axis by Andrew Wakefield, MB, BS
• Biographies