What Every Woman Needs to Know About Her Gut by Barbara Ryan & Elaine McGowan

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WHAT EVERY WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT HER GUT Understand Your Digestion and Feel Better Than Ever Introducing the FLAT Gut Diet BARBARA RYAN & ELAINE McGOWAN

The first book to deal solely with women’s gut issues, challenging the wealth of misinformation on the internet and elsewhere, and instead drawing on the latest and most robust scientific research and the decades of experience of the authors — a consultant gastroenterologist and a clinical nutritionist, both leaders in their fields.

Worldwide more than 500 million people suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) – that’s almost 11 per cent of the world’s adult population. Even more people suffer from a little-known related digestive condition called functional dyspepsia (FD). Both are usually lifelong problems: there’s no cure and the exact causes are unknown. What’s more, 70 per cent of sufferers are women.

This is the first book aimed specifically at women that aims to educate them about their digestive health and a range of gut conditions including IBS and FD. As well as explaining how the digestive system works, the authors look in detail at all-to-common problems such as stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation and show how women can ensure their symptoms are appropriately investigated and treated. They also describe their new FLAT Gut Diet, a major improvement on the popular low-FODMAP diet which, they find, leads to women eliminating foods in an unbalanced way or finding the dietary regime too restrictive and giving up on it.

Having between them treated over 60,000 patients, the authors intend this to be the go-to book for women of all ages dealing with a troublesome gut, providing readers with the confidence to take control of their gut health and empowering them to enjoy life to the fullest.

BARBARA RYAN is a consultant gastroenterologist at Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland, and a professor of gastroenterology at Trinity College, Dublin. She has been on many Irish advisory boards and was for several years National Specialty Director for training in gastroenterology. She has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented more than 250 abstracts at scientific meetings. She has also written articles for Image women’s magazine, for health supplements in Irish newspapers, and for publications aimed at specific patient groups. She has spoken widely at national and international meetings, to doctors, patient groups and the public.

ELAINE MCGOWAN IS one of Ireland’s leading healthcare dieticians and clinical nutritionists and is at the forefront of researching dietary solutions for IBS patients. She established her first privatepractice clinic in 1992, and since then has successfully used dietary strategies to help patients in her clinics in Dublin, Limerick and Clare. She has a wealth of experience working in the sports industry, including with the Irish sailing and rowing Olympic squads and the national rugby team. She has also consulted for businesses and set up workplace well-being programmes for prominent organizations. She has written articles for the Irish Independent newspaper and appeared on Irish television.

Agent: Peter Tallack

Publisher: Sheldon Press/Hodder & Stoughton Publication: Spring 2022 Status: Manuscript Length: 70,000 words

All rights available excluding World English Language (Hodder & Stoughton)