“This is a readily comprehensible book and a welcome addition to the literature – a ‘must read’ for colitis patients and their families.”

G.T. Macfarlane, Professor of Bacteriology, University of Dundee, Scotland.  

“An ideal book on medical information is one that can be enjoyed both by patients and medical practitioners. This book on probiotics for Crohn's and colitis is full of accurate information both for patients and doctors and covers a most exciting area of rapid medical advance. It captures very well the promises and uncertainties.”

Professor Subrata Ghosh, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital.  

“This book is an important document and meets a great need. I hope that it will popularize the use of natural biological treatments and help numerous patients suffering from IBD to control their disease.”

Stig Bengmark M.D., Honorary Visiting Professor, Departments of Hepatology and Surgery, University College, London.  

“Nothing is more appealing to patients than the idea of being treated with safe and effective ‘natural products’. While this remains a dream for most serious illnesses, emerging evidence suggests that some forms of chronic gut inflammation, like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and pouchitis, may be amenable to therapy based on ‘friendly bacteria’ (probiotics) or foodstuff (prebiotics) that fosters their growth. This book provides comprehensive, evidence-based information that probiotics and prebiotics may become part of the therapeutic armamentarium for inflammatory bowel diseases in the near future.”

Claudio Fiocchi, Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, U.S.A.  

“The use of bacteria to help alleviate inflammatory bowel disease may seem a bizarre concept, both to laymen and many medical practitioners. However, as explained clearly and concisely by Peter Cartwright, the scientific principles and practical results fully justify the growing optimism for this novel method of management. I am happy to recommend this book not only to sufferers from inflammatory bowel disease but also to a wider audience, including dieticians, general practitioners and gastroenterologists.”

Jeremy Hamilton-Miller, Professor of Medical Microbiology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London.  

“IBD is a major cause of medical suffering and patients should be supported as much as possible. New findings in the area of probiotics and prebiotics offer much hope and opportunity in alleviating symptoms, however the research is disparate. Here, Peter Cartwright has done a first class job of pulling together all the relevant information into one volume. There are valuable insights into the products that offer the best chances of success and mechanisms of effect are explained in a clear and thoughtful manner. It is hoped that new inroads into IBD treatment and prevention may result from probiotic and prebiotic use. Thus, the book will be extremely useful for sufferers as well as their care staff. It will also greatly interest those who are generally interested in the use of dietary intervention and gastrointestinal disorder.”

Professor G. R. Gibson, Food Microbial Sciences Unit, School of Biosciences, University of Reading, England.  

"Probiotics for Crohn's and Colitis’ forms an important new guidebook for people suffering from these disorders. Probiotics have a long history of use, but the science behind them has been mostly accumulated during the last decade. Old beliefs in the use of lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria have finally been proved right. The specific strains, usually isolated from the healthy infant or adult intestinal microbiota, form the new generation of well-defined and documented probiotic bacteria.

I feel strongly that the time has come to apply the knowledge on probiotics to clinical practice. Mr Cartwright has done an excellent job in exploring and summarizing the evidence. This will provide practical science-based guidance for the use of probiotics in dietary management of IBD. Coupled with medical information and practice, this book is an excellent source of information to assist in selecting the individual probiotics for specific symptoms.”