"As a clinical nutritionist over the past three decades working at the country's premier health and wellness centers, Kathie Madonna Swift has worked with thousands of clients. What she has consistently found is that women who want to lose weight nearly always have additional digestive issues, such as gas, bloating, constipation, and diarrhea. Many also suffer from seemingly unrelated ailments like joint pain and troublesome skin. The truly effective, cutting-edge strategies that she developed for her clients confirm what research now shows: the road to health and vitality runs through the gut. New research shows that lean people actually have different gut bacteria from heavier people. Now, in The Swift Diet, Kathie brings us the plan that has helped thousands of women shed unwanted pounds, showing us how we can lose weight permanently by eating to change our gut bacteria, or "microbiota"--without going hungry or feeling deprived. But the promise doesn't stop there--the diet also helps heal the digestive distress that so often goes with carrying extra weight. With its groundbreaking message and simple eating plan, the Swift Diet will be the one that finally heals the belly and gets the weight off--permanently"--