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Dr. Tara Troy

Dr. Troy is a gastroenterologist who absolutely loves learning and then sharing new knowledge in an easily digestible manner. Colon cancer prevention, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and functional GI conditions like irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia are topics that she finds fascinating.

MORE FLAVONOL, LESS ALZHEIMER’S

May 6, 2020Anxiety, Depression & Mental Health Browse by Staff Member Diet, Exercise & Healthy Living TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist

MORE FLAVONOL, LESS ALZHEIMER’S Check out this article in MedPage Today linking higher consumption of flavonols (chemicals found in some plants) to a lowered risk of Alzheimer’s dementia. “After adjusting for genetic, demographic, and lifestyle factors, people who consumed the highest dietary intake of flavonols were 48% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s dementia than […]

LOW CALORIE SWEETENER CONSUMPTION WHILE PREGNANT CAN INCREASE BABY’S RISK OF BODY FAT AND DISRUPT THEIR MICROBIOME

May 4, 2020Browse by Staff Member Diet, Exercise & Healthy Living TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist

LOW CALORIE SWEETENER CONSUMPTION WHILE PREGNANT CAN INCREASE BABY’S RISK OF BODY FAT AND DISRUPT THEIR MICROBIOME Check out this article in Science Daily describing a new study published in the journal Gut that “discovered that the consumption of low-calorie sweeteners while pregnant increased body fat in their offspring and disrupted their gut microbiota […]

Born before MAY 1975? Was the first alcoholic beverage you ever tried a Bartles and Jaymes wine cooler? Zima? Malibu rum? Or Aftershock? Then it IS probably TIME FOR A COLONOSCOPY!!

May 1, 2020Browse by Staff Member Colon TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist The Gastrointestinal Systems

Born before MAY 1975? Was the first alcoholic beverage you ever tried a Bartles and Jaymes wine cooler? Zima? Malibu rum? Or Aftershock? Then it IS probably TIME FOR A COLONOSCOPY!! We jest about the pop cultural references, but we are serious about caring for your GUT HEALTH! Is it time for you to […]

WHEN YOUR OWN BODY IS A BREWERY!

April 29, 2020Browse by Staff Member Liver TARA TROY, M.D. Gastroenterologist The Gastrointestinal Systems

WHEN YOUR OWN BODY IS A BREWERY! Check out this fascinating article featured in GI and Hepatology News that stemmed from a unique patient who presented with severe nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH; also known as a severe inflammatory form of fatty liver, a condition that affects almost 30% of the U.S. population) plus AUTO-BREWERY SYNDROME. […]