Hooked on Gut Health: The Truth About Autoimmune Disease and How to Heal

What if the key to modern health isn't a new drug, but the restoration of an ancient partnership we have almost completely lost?

For most of human history, our bodies lived in constant symbiosis with helminths—tiny organisms that helped shape our immune system and keep inflammation under control. In today's highly sanitized world, these ancient allies have largely disappeared, paving the way for an unprecedented rise in allergies, autoimmune diseases, and chronic inflammatory disorders.

In this book, Jane Puckey explores the science and real-life experiences behind helminthic therapy—the deliberate and carefully controlled reintroduction of these remarkable organisms to help restore immune balance.

Inside this book, you'll discover:

* The science of symbiosis: How the loss of our ancient biological partners has profoundly disrupted the human immune system.
* Practical guidance: Treatment protocols, clinical research, and insights into one of the most promising emerging therapies in modern medicine.
* Inspiring stories: Real accounts of remission from many chronic conditions once considered incurable.
* The author's personal journey: How Jane achieved remission from systemic scleroderma and myositis after eight years of immunosuppressive treatment.

Conditions discussed include:

Autoimmune diseases: Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, uveitis, lupus, coeliac disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, systemic scleroderma, myositis, and type 1 diabetes.

Inflammatory and allergic disorders: Asthma, allergies, eczema, eosinophilic oesophagitis, irritable bowel syndrome, food intolerances, and endometriosis.

Cardiometabolic diseases: Type 2 diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, heart attack, and stroke.

Infectious diseases: Sepsis, COVID-19, and RSV bronchiolitis.

Cancer: Colorectal cancer and stomach cancer.

Neurological disorders: Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Mental health disorders: Anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), migraines, and schizophrenia.

Neurodevelopmental conditions: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Tourette syndrome, and PANDAS/PANS.

Combining rigorous scientific research with deeply personal stories of recovery, this accessible and thought-provoking book challenges conventional thinking about what it truly takes to achieve lasting health. It reveals that our well-being is inseparable from our relationship with the invisible living world within us—and that restoring this ancient partnership may offer hope to millions.

An essential read for anyone living with a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory, metabolic, neurological, psychiatric, or allergic condition—or for those supporting a loved one in search of answers.