Don Colbert - Dr. Colberts Healthy Gut Zone: Heal Your Digestive System to Restore Your Body and Renew Your Mind

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D R. C OLBERTS H EALTHY G UT Z ONE by Don Colbert, MD

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CONTENTS

Index

O VER THE PAST thirty-five-plus years, I cant tell you how many patients have come into my offices with a laundry list of symptoms:

acid reflux

arthritis

bloating and gas

brain fog

chronic infections

constant fatigue

depression and anxiety

joint aches

loose stools

migraines

osteoporosis

weight gain

Like most medical doctors, I was trained to quickly write a prescription so I could move on to the next patient. After all, that is the norm when seeing thirty to forty patients a day, and patients usually just want a pill to take so they can get on with their day.

The only problem was, nothing really changed. My patients might feel better for a little while, but often they came back with either a more severe case of the same symptoms or an entirely new set of challenges.

It was almost as if the prescriptions (antibiotics, stomach acid inhibitors, anti-inflammatory medications, etc.) were creating more problems than I was fixing. At least it seemed that way to me.

After years of this, my frustration grew. How could I be a doctor who did no harm if my patients were not getting better? The final push toward doing something different came when I was able to beat my own incurable and permanent case of psoriasis.