Books Volume 1

The full set of Good Gut Feeling reference books as PDF: the background research behind the episodes, written out in full. Seven books and counting, up to ten titles in this volume.

What is inside

One of the Oldest Medicines in the World (50 pages): from the four humours and Hippocrates to oxymel, and how honey and vinegar travelled from an ancient remedy to modern clinical research.

The Science and Dynamics of Fermentation (138 pages): the biochemistry behind fermentation, including redox balance, enzymes and microbial succession, and where fermentation ends and spoilage begins.

Short Supply Chains (137 pages): from farm to fork and policy, what a short food chain is, why proximity builds trust, and what it means for food miles and the true price of food.

The Symbiotic Human (149 pages): the human microbiome and the gut-brain axis, the holobiont idea, and what the large microbiome projects have taught us so far.

Fermentation: Science, Health and Microbial Technology (151 pages): how fermented foods are classified, the microbial ecology behind them, safety, and the link with health.

Organic Farming and One Health (172 pages): organic milk, the four principles of organic farming and the One Health idea, seen through the eyes of the farmer as quality manager.

Microbiome Damage and Repair (155 pages): what antibiotics do to the gut ecosystem, how resistance genes persist, what the short-chain fatty acid crash means, and what the research says about how and when the community recovers.

How it works

These are long, careful references meant to be looked things up in, not light reading. Each book starts with a short note on how to read it.

Buy Volume 1 once and every book we add to it later is yours at no extra cost. Prefer a single title? Each book is also sold on its own.

All prices include VAT. Instant download after payment. For information only, not medical advice.