Book from Gary Richer

Gut Feeling

Creating a Healthy Balance in the Ileocecal Valve

By Gary Richer, B.S., M.H.
with Jonna Rae Bartges

You can purchase a copy of Gut Feeling at Clark's Nutrition or Healing Therapies

A tiny doorway between your small and large intestines is a critical factor in determining if you'll enjoy robust health, or suffer from annoying, or even critical, problems. Learn the symptoms of a faulty ileocecal valve, and practical, non-intrusive ways to restore optimal functioning and health.

Sample:

Chapter One
Identifying "The Great Mimicker"

At this very moment, your body could be poisoning itself, and you have no idea it's happening.

Yes, that's a rather alarming statement for me to make, but after 20 years as a health practitioner, I know it's true. Fully one third of the clients I work with as a nutritional counselor, iridologist and Dark Field Microscopy technician are suffering from ileocecal valve dysfunction. The ileocecal valve is the gateway from the small intestine into the large intestine, and is designed to be a one-way passage. With increasing frequency, though, something goes wrong, and the waste headed for elimination through the colon makes its way back into the small intestines, where toxins can be absorbed right into the blood stream.

This potentially deadly problem is showing up across all age groups, in both men and women, and in the physically fit, the obese and every category in between. My youngest patient with ileocecal valve dysfunction was 18 months old.

The malady masquerades as everything from chronic fatigue syndrome to gas to bursitis to a bladder infection. Some of the symptoms are merely annoying -- others can develop into potentially life-threatening illnesses. Since it takes on so many different forms, it's nearly impossible to diagnose through standard medical tests, and has earned the dubious nickname, "The Great Mimicker." Because ileocecal valve malfunction has become so prevalent, my clients who have found relief urged me to write this book to help others recognize symptoms, test to determine if the ileocecal valve is in fact the culprit, and then make the necessary lifestyle changes to get the digestive tract functioning properly again. There are many simple, effective non-surgical treatments that can relieve the problems, once and for all, and set you back on the road to excellent health.

Praise for Gut Feeling:

"Too many people don't realize that if they don't eat properly they will not have good health. In this book Gary helps people understand the intricacies of the intestinal tract, and gives them the information, and even the menus, they need to get balanced. It's a wonderful tool and a practical guide. I highly recommend it to everyone."

--Ivy Bridge, Naturopathic Doctor

"As a dentist, I wear latex gloves that irritated my hands. Gary Richer traced my problems to my ileocecal valve, and told me what nutritional changes were necessary. The itching has now stopped. Unless you have a clean system to work with, your health will be an uphill battle. Gary looks at the big picture for a permanent solution."

-- Dr. Gene Meyer, Dentist