by Dr Will Bulsiewicz (400 pages, Amazon — GoodReads)

Dr Bulsiewicz (fondly known as Dr B) is a world class gastroenterologist who wrote Fiber Fueled to explain how to keep our guts healthy and avoid gut dysbiosis. See Dr Bulsiewicz: Personal Story for more info. He appears in many interviews and podcasts.

by Alan Desmond & Bob Andrews (224 pages, Amazon — GoodReads)

by Dr John McDougall (211 pages, Amazon — GoodReads)

In 2017, Dr McDougall gave a series of lectures based on chapters in this book: Dr McDougall: Digestive Tune-Up Lectures.

by Dr Hiromi Shinya (184 pages, Amazon — GoodReads)

Dr Hiromi Shinya is a Japanese born general surgeon. He pioneered modern colonoscopic techniques. In his book (The Enzyme Factor), he outlines dietary guidelines for optimum health. He eliminates all animal products except small quantities of fish. He emphasizes that we must really remove milk and milk products for healthy guts. And he eliminates processed and extracts like sugar and oil. On the whole, his guidelines have substantial overlap with Whole Food Plant-Based guidelines.

by Justin Sonnenburg & Erica Sonnenburg (320 pages, Amazon — GoodReads)

Written by top microbiome researchers at Stanford, this book summarizes what we should do for excellent gut health.

by Dr Robynne Chutkan (272 pages, Amazon — GoodReads)

In this presentation (111 mins, 2022), Dr Chutkan motivates adoption of plant-based guidelines from the perspective of gut health:

For optimum gut health, Dr Chutkan emphasizes a 100% plant-only diet without chemical-laden processed foods. Howver, many of her recipes are high fat — they contain oils and coconut milk, for example. In contrast, Whole Food Plant-Based advocates like Esselstyn, Barnard, Ornish, McDougall, … advocate a low fat diet with zero oil.