The Naked Gut - book - Introduction

NAKED GUT - INTRODUCTION

This is a true story. What happened, has been a miracle for me and now it´s time to share it. I will share my thoughts through this blog concerning my new book, The Naked Gut.

What is the greatest treasure in your life? I would most definitely put Love as the first, but the personal treasure in the body is Health. We all try to cherish it in order to enjoy the life to its fullest.

My name is Tommi Sundqvist. I am 47 years of age male from Finland. A Crohn/colitis patient, sports masseur, IT-worker and nutritional specialist.

You often don´t realise how precious overall health is until you loose it. I lost my health and almost my life to Crohn´s disease in 2004. It was a life changing moment.

This book may be an inspiration to you who´s seeking a healthier life, especially with autoimmune diseases and intestinal infections like Crohn´s disease and Ulcerative Colitis (IBD or IBS). The most important thing is to never loose hope. There are ways to make your life better. World needs rolemodels, so why wouldn´t you be the rolemodel for your own life?

FOREWORD

This book´s aim is to open your eyes regarding autoimmune disease like Crohn´s, not everything is what you think it is. It is possible to live and feel better.

Most of us have experienced diarrea at least once in our lives. You know how it takes all the energy down, it´s basicly impossible to do anything physical. One or few days is still manageable, but when the situation becomes ongoing, that´s when it sucks all the life and nutrients from your body. Then it becomes dead serious. 

 

After over three decades of vigorous stomach pain I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could make myself healthy just by rebuilding my life with simple solutions.

I have succeeded very well, but also failed few times. So far I have stood up every time with little more understanding how my gut works. Allthough I may never control my gut health 100%, I have lived with minimum symptoms and drug free life for over a decade now. Earlier I didn´t have sufficient info or the other choice given besides western medicine, so I had to dig out the alternative remedy to survive. Since the choices and changes I made, starting 2004, the quality of my life has improved drastically. I hope this book is of help to you or to anyone battling with a gut disease. After all, we should get to know our bodies better and learn to listen, what it says and teaches us. I´m still learning that every day.

WHY I CHOSE MY OWN PATH?
When you read this, you may understand why; I had no other choice than change my habits.

Allthough you may not get rid of the disease totally, to ease the symptoms is one of the biggest things when you have a disease. What has amazed me even more is that it is possible to live symptom free life with different choices! I didn´t know that 15 years ago. With more knowledge and understanding it brings more healthy choices.

In this book I go through the ways that forced me to change my routines and options that have helped me enormously. I noticed that the relieve is there, in my path it means that every bite counts. I haven´t turned my back totally to medicine, but at the moment they are not helping me in this fight as much as my everyday options.

Small choices we make every day have a greater impact in our life span and especially the quality of life than we may understand. I am determined on one thing: I will do whatever I can in my power to be healthy again. Hopefully you get some answers too.

Important Disclaimer!

In serious conditions like Crohn´s or colitis, please always seek medical advice from your doctor. It is not the intention of this book to diagnose, prescribe, or replace medical care. The choices I made may not work for you because we are all individuals. If you do anything recommended, without the supervision of a licensed medical doctor, you do so at your own risk. This information is provided with the hope that it may be helpful for those who choose to take a greater responsibility for their own health.