Dr. Irina Matveikova is licensed in Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Nutrition by the University of Minsk (Belarus). She is also a certified expert in Eating Disorders Behaviour. She is the author of numerous articles concerning digestive health and nutrition in well-respected international medical journals and magazines and has also written a dictionary of medicinal plants (in five languages).

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Yuyi Beringola
Preface

I. Your second brain
Curious facts about evolution
Out of control
Staying healthy and looking after yourself with complementary medicine is back in fashion Two-way emotional influence
The enormous hidden potential of your stomach
The digestive brain concept in Eastern philosophies

II. The virtues of the digestive system Are we hollow?
Digestive emotions
The T-bone steak and its journey
Is there such a think as a ‘delicate’ digestion?

III. Emotion and digestion. Irritable bowel syndrome Alternative treatments
Dietetic advice
Some practical hints

IV. A social taboo

V. The stomach
A short history
Anatomical and physicological cirtues
The ‘witch’s brew’
Emotions and the stomach
Stomach problems and complementary medicine

VI. The small intestine: a football pitch in your innards Strange names
Where does your cholesterol come from?
The intelligent ‘customs’ service
Leaky gut and what it leads to

VII. The colon and toxaemia
This is not a rubbish bag
The journey through your gut may be complicated Intestinal polyps
Brain activities and intestinal health
Auto-intoxication is a result of intestinal toxoaemia

VIII. Constipation. The ever-present shadow Personality and constipation
What is constipation?
The treatment
Laxatives Alternative advice Colon hydrotherapy

IX. Colon Hydrotherapy (CH): the MOT test for the body History of internal cleansing
CH nowadays
Colonic irrigation method
The MOT test for your body CH: General indications
CH: General contraindications CH and chronic disease
CH as an emotional link

X. Intestinal microflora: Myths and truths
What do we mean by intestinal microflora?
A whole world in our gut
How intestinal microflora is formed
Bacteria and their ‘social classes’
Why are intestinal flora and their ‘good’bacteria so essential and important in our lives? How do I know if my stomach had ‘good’ or ‘bad’ bacteria?

XI. Gastro-oesophagal reflux
Why do I have reflux?
Obesity, overweight, pregnancy, constipation, gases, flatulence What increases stomach acidity?

XII. The liver and the gall bladder
What causes bile retention and gall bladder problems? Cleansing and draining the liver

XIII. Ageing and digestion
Cellular ageing
Ageing is reversible
How to start your anti-ageing treatment Metabolic age

XIV. Breathing and digestion

Final comments
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