annieb123's Review of The GutSMART Protocol

by Vincent Pedre

Take back control of your health—starting with the foundation for ultimate well-being: your gut and its microbiome.

Use the GutSMART Quiz to evaluate your gut-related wellness and get a personalized 14-day meal plan and food lists based on your GutSMART Score.

When you heal your gut, you heal your body. With The GutSMART Protocol’s two-week reset, it’s easier than ever to heal your gut to gain more energy, achieve easier weight loss, revitalize your health, and even boost your mood and mental performance.

"America’s Gut Doctor" Vincent Pedre, MD, author of Happy Gut, updates us on the latest research about the gut, the microbiome, and the way our environment impacts our health, then translates the science into actionable and easy-to-apply advice for how to eat (and more!).

Turbocharge your journey toward optimal gut (and total) wellness with proven tools, including:

The GutSMART Quiz to determine your level of gut-related health dysfunction

Categorized food lists for the three GutSMART Score types, making it easy to shop for your gut type

65 mouth-watering, gut-healing recipes from clinical nutritionist and chef Lee Holmes

14-day personalized meal plans customizable for any diet, from vegan to paleo

Science-backed breathwork and meditation exercises to destress and further improve gut health

Excellent health starts with the gut! The GutSMART Protocol is your first-of-its-kind personalized, food-based gut-healing plan for achieving a happy, healthy gut, in a happy body with a happy mind.

The past several years have seen an explosion in gut microbiome research, and the powerful role the gut plays in whole-body health has never been more clear. What’s less clear is how to use that information day to day to actually improve the way you feel—that’s where this book comes in. Good health starts with the gut. The GutSMART Protocol is your food-based healing plan for achieving a happy gut.

Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.

The GutSMART Protocol is a tutorial guide and nutritional program developed and promoted by Dr. Vincent Pedre. Due out 4th April 2023 from BenBella Books, it's 288 pages and will be available in hardcover, audio, and ebook formats.

This is an accessible and enthusiastically written guide to supporting and building a healthy gut biome and promoting gut health with the aim of positive follow on benefits to general wellness and organ system health throughout the body. There's convincing peer reviewed research to show the direct correlation between gut health and general health and this guide aims to help readers improve their diet and support their digestive system.

The science is fairly clear at this point. The microbiome of the digestive system has a profound effect on overall physical and even mental health. Supporting good health requires a healthy and varied diet as well as rest and hydration.

The book is well laid out with an introduction and theory behind the science of gut health, a quiz and quick start 2 week plain that readers can tailor to their particular situation and gut wellness, meal plans, recipes, and supportive processes to provide more overall benefits. The science is solid and well annotated here with links for further reading.

I found the ruthless positivity throughout wearing after a while. The author's website and publications are full of glossy wellness therapy sound bites and some of the allied therapies he recommends are still questioned in the mainstream medical and scientific communities. There are lots and lots (and lots) of extra add-ons and giveaways throughout the book and on his website as well as promotion of his own products. The book comes across as a populist media "sensation".

Four stars. There are unquestionably valuable takeaways here. Readers should use common sense deciding what parts of the book to use.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Reading updates

11 March, 2023: Started reading

11 March, 2023: Finished reading

11 March, 2023: Reviewed