Book excerpt: Lose weight and improve your health with delicious recipes and an easy-to-follow 28 day plan, with an introduction by Professor Tim Spector. A healthy gut is vital to our digestion, energy levels, weight and wellbeing. The Healthy Gut Handbook is a practical guide to boosting your gut health, and choosing foods that make you feel and look great. It includes a 28-day plan to kick-start a healthy gut, and helpful tips on how to maintain this way of eating for life. Over 80 tasty and simple recipes are full of easy-to-find and inexpensive ingredients vital to gut health, from yoghurt and olive oil to pulses, fermented foods, proper cheeses, and even wine and chocolate! With easy-to-follow daily planners, space to make your own notes and ideas on how to track your progress, The Healthy Gut Handbook makes eating for gut health simple, fun and, best of all, delicious! With an introduction by Professor Tim Spector, director of the British Gut project.