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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.
Check out this interesting article from CNN.com about our collective sugar addiction and the pains of withdrawal when you try to break it: “A decade ago, it was estimated that the average American consumed 22 teaspoons of added sugar per day, amounting to an extra 350 calories; it may well have risen since then. “These […]
Hippocrates said it first, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Check out this article from TIME Magazine explaining the power of food as medicine: “Food is becoming a particular focus of doctors, hospitals, insurers and even employers who are frustrated by the slow progress of drug treatments in reducing food-related diseases […]
“It might seem counterintuitive, but generally speaking, skinny people don’t have faster metabolisms than people who weigh more. In fact, the bigger your body, the more calories you burn.” Check out this fantastic article from CNN.com that helps to explain variations in metabolism and how it relates to weight management efforts: “This biological reality also […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: IBS is DEFINITELY NOT “IN YOUR HEAD” – Identifying the Genetic cCauses for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Check out the link to this article in MedPage Today that reports on a recent large Swedish genetic study that identified specific DNA variants on chromosome 9 that are associated with IBS susceptibility in women. […]