Kindle Edition Amazon Digestive Health Institute Category:  Health/Wellness ISBN-10:  0976642530 ISBN-13: 9780976642534 Price: $9.99 (eBook) Science based diet solution for heartburn, acid reflux and GERD without drugs TRUTH ABOUT TRIGGER FOODS - They Are Not What You Think They Are ADDRESSING CAUSE AND EFFECT - Heartburn, Acid Reflux and GERD Relief without Drugs In the Fast Tract Digestion Heartburn, Norm Robillard, Ph.D., Founder of the Digestive Health Institute, explains the TRUE CAUSE and provides the COMPLETE DIETARY SOLUTION for acid reflux and GERD based on solid scientific evidence. This ground-breaking new approach -WHAT YOU EAT AFFECTS BACTERIA IN YOUR GUT- supported by a clinical study was presented at the recent Digestive Disease Week meeting in May, 2013 to provide a different treatment option to gastroenterologists for acid reflux and GERD. In the recent blog articles by the New York Time Best Seller Co-author of Protein Power, Dr. Mike Eades mentions the effectiveness of the Fast Tract Diet for GERD on his Protein Power blog. According to Alana Sugar, a certified nutritionist with close to 25 years in practice, "Dr. Robillard, your work has done the greatest service of all time for those of us facing these sorts of gut issues. The diet you have outlined is nutritionally balanced and safe! I tell my clients about your book and your work; I want everybody to know!" Excerpt Introduction Almost fifteen years ago, Elaine Gottschall, in her book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle, proposed that faulty digestion could lead to the malabsorption of certain sugars, starches and fibers and ultimately result in the overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine. These overgrowing bacteria can cause injury to the lining of the small intestine thus impairing digestion and causing even more malabsorption. She linked this cycle of overgrowth, injury and malabsorption with several digestive conditions including irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, celiac disease, and chronic diarrhea. Fast Tract Digestion Heartburn, the first in a series of books on digestive illness, picks up where Breaking the Vicious Cycle left off. My research on the root cause of acid reflux can be summed up in two conclusions: (1) Acid reflux is linked to cycles of carbohydrate malabsorption and bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine. The overgrowing bacteria produce intestinal gas which drives acid reflux, much like dropping a Mentos in a bottle of Coke. (2) Limiting your consumption of five specific types of difficult-to-digest carbohydrates can help you prevent this bacterial overgrowth and provide an effective treatment for this condition. Fast Tract Digestion explains the connection between digestion, malabsorption, bacteria and chronic acid reflux. I describe the three basic food groups and how optimal digestion and absorption supports digestive health. Then I explore the various scenarios that can lead to malabsorption and bacterial overgrowth, which can result in the dramatic symptoms of chronic acid reflux. The biggest problem, difficult to digest carbohydrates driving bacterial overgrowth, is examined in depth. Finally, Fast Tract Digestion provides a clinically proven dietary treatment plan for people suffering from the wide variety of symptoms resulting from chronic acid reflux.

If you have persistent heartburn, PLEASE buy this book for yourself
If you have persistent heartburn or GERD, you NEED this book! I finally found relief from this book after many, many other avenues. I have to admit that I was initially doubtful that this book would help me. I have been suffering with GERD and LPR for the past 5 years, and have been on many PPIs including: Prilosec, Protonix, Acidifex, Nexium, Prevacid, Ompeprazole, etc. These pills would work for a while, and then they wouldn't and I would have to change to something else for relief. Additionally, I have taken Carafate, Ranitidine, Zantac, and Tagamet to get relief from my heartburn. I have tried chiropractic, acupuncture, ALCAT testing results, the Candida diet, The Dropping Acid Diet based on the book, supplements in the thousands of dollars from the health food store, and hypnosis. As a last resort, I had Nissen Fundoplication surgery in January. I knew going into the surgery that there was a chance that it would not work; and unfortunately it did not :-(.

I have been to a family physician, 3 separate gastroenterologists (1 from a very prestigious teaching university), and 2 ENTs. I would ask them "Why? Why do I have this?" and "what/where does this come from?" Their answer was always to take a pill or change my pills/medication. Well after all I have been through-all the suffering and all of the time spent away from my children and family because I was not feeling well-I have found my answer and it is Dr. Norm's book. I now know "why?" I had heartburn (notice how I said "had") and "where?" it came from. Funny how many specialists could not help me, but this book has. I am so thankful for Dr. Norm's book and feel fortunate for the work he has done. I am now off of PPIs completely, and occasionally take a Tums or Tagamet. If you have persistent heartburn, I highly, highly recommend this book for you. -- N. Bailey "Nicki" (Georgia, USA)

READ THIS BOOK!!!! No more pills...no more surgery!
I am 32 years old and physically fit. I have suffered from chronic acid reflux for 2 and a half years. Every doctor told me I needed to take proton pump inhibitors or needed surgical intervention. I spent 5,000 hours researching every book and natural remedy out there. Some things gave relief, but nothing cured my heartburn. When I say heartburn...I mean REALLY REALLY bad heartburn/GERD. This book is the ANSWER. Dr. Robillard should be given the nobel prize. He saved my life. Words can't express how grateful I am. His diet works. Period. Don't give up on it. Stick it out, and you will see the results. I can't believe that anyone would give this book less than 5 stars?

I weaned myself off proton pump inhibitors, and have avoided surgery completely. My quality of life is soooo much better. My gastroenterologists and surgeons are speechless. I have never written a review on Amazon before, and am not being paid to say this. I feel so strongly about this book, that I had to let the world know.

I remember asking my doctors, "do you ever think there will be a day when human beings will look back in horror that we used to cut people up because of acid reflux?" Well...that day is today for me. Told I needed a Nissen Fundoplication(the gold standard surgery for acid reflux/GERD)and a potential lifetime of drug therapy, I refused to listen to the doctors. I have shared this book with co-workers, family, and friends. Every last one of them has experienced relief. FINALLY, someone decided to use logic, intelligence, and a lifetime of research to address a problem that is affecting human beings at an alarming rate. This book is an instant classic and should be mandatory reading for anyone with a digestive illness. I could write my praises all day, but I think you get the point? Buy it. Period. --Joey

Fast Tract Digestion - By Far the Best Answer to Acid Reflux
I am a nutritionist with close to 25 years in practice. Acid reflux runs in my family. I suffered with it myself for over 11 years but was lucky that I knew how to control it with diet but still, something was missing. I would still have trouble eating what I assumed were really healthy whole grains. I could not understand why I would have these flair ups! I read this author's first book Heartburn Cured: The Low Carb Miracle It was excellent but unfortunately I could not follow the dietary recommendations because my body needs the grains and a higher amount of carbohydrates to function well. For me, being low in carbohydrates caused a host of problems including low blood sugar symptoms. Thank goodness Dr. Robillard has taken the time to examine carbohydrates in greater depth because it really saved me. Since I now understand the Fermentation Potential of carbohydrates, I have been able to formulate a diet that is nutritionally sound, delicious, and does NOT cause any reflux! Plus, I now eat plenty of the right fruits and grain products which have beautifully returned my blood sugar levels to normal and healthy. This book is a life-saver! It helped me do my job 100% better for my clients!

I want to also mention that my nephew, although just 25 years old, like so many others in my family, has suffered terribly with acid reflux. He lives and works in Japan and came back to the U.S. a couple of months ago to see the doctors here for treatment. But quite frankly, it was to no avail. I gave him my copy of this book. Together, we looked over Dr. Robillard's website, digestivehealthinstitute.org, he took the book back to Japan and has reported (several times) that he no longer has acid reflux. My sister tells me he read the book and carried it with him until he had to pack it for his trip back to Asia! I only wish I had known what I know now. This could have helped my mother who took Tagamet daily and my uncle, who died at 50 of esophageal cancer. It would have helped my grandfather, too, who constantly had a Rolaid in his mouth.

Dr. Robillard, your work has done the greatest service of all time for those of us facing these sorts of gut issues. The diet you have outlined is nutritionally balanced and safe! I tell my clients about your book and your work; I want everybody to know! -- Alana Sugar (Alexandria, VA)