Bacteria for breakfast

Anyone read this before? It is by far the best book on gut flora ive ever read. The author's son had constant c diff infections from the time he was born and was always on antibiotics. She talks about ibd as well and has a ton of studies in every chapter. Shes very thorough in discussing certain bacteria strains and which ones work best for inflammation, c diff, allergies, urinary/vaginal infections, and colon cancer prevention. I found it at the library but plan on ordering it so i have it as a reference. Her name is dr. Kelly karpa and she works as a pharmacist and pharmacology teacher.

Its very "sciency" in the sense that she really breaks down why inflammation happens, what drugs do, and the whole digestive system and its purpose. Fyi- she is not anti meds at all. She just is very enthusiastic about balancing gut bacteria.

I agree, it is an excellent book. My son was diagnosed last September and ended up in the hospital with acute pancreatitis from taking Imuran. Apparently while in the hospital he got c diff. It wasn't until he switched doctors 6 weeks later that it was finally diagnosed. While reading about c diff I learned about the book "Bacteria for Breakfast" and bought it. After being on vancomycen for 2 weeks with no results we added the probiotics that Dr. Karpa recommends and he improved rapidly and hasn't had any more problems. It's a really good reference book to have in your collection.

Banana: For those of us who can be lazy, such as me, can you share any pertinent findings you find?

Pollen does not go into any treatments of any kind (at least not yet) but he does mention the hygiene hypothesis here and there.