The hidden plague of the title is Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS), a poorly understood skin condition that is believed to affect nearly twelve million people in the United States alone. Only a small fraction of those affected have been properly diagnosed, leaving many others to suffer in silence or pursue ill-advised conventional treatment methods that fail to address the cause of this painful condition. Sufferers endure cysts and boils that affect many parts of the body including the groin, underarms and breast areas. Cysts and boils can become huge and unsightly and can be very painful and become infected which adds more pain and can necessitate antibiotics to treat the infection.

Author Tara Grant is a twenty-year sufferer of HS and shares in this book how she has successfully treated her HS. The centerpiece of her holistic approach rests on the understanding that HS is an autoimmune disorder caused by leaky gut syndrome. With a few simple dietary changes that eliminate certain “trigger” foods, you can heal your gut, restore your skin, reclaim your health, and rid yourself of HS symptoms forever. That’s it―no antibiotics, no experimental surgeries, and no more pain, suffering, or confusion. And no money to doctors or to specialists or for special medicines none of which seemed to work anyway. Just change the foods you eat and you can control your HS naturally.