Contact Us: (224) 407-4400 or Email Us
NUTRITION TO TREAT ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION Check out this article in Vice from 2016 about the use of food as medicine for mood disorders, a concept that seems particularly relevant right now. “You would logically assume that if diet impacts the health of the heart, the health of the liver, the health of the […]
IBD PATIENTS STRUGGLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH Check out these recent articles about the mental health burden that impacts patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. The first article highlights how important it is for us providers to care and question about mental health. “Knowing the burden of IBD and the constraints of time with […]
COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH WORKS BETTER FOR IBS This recent article presented at Digestive Diseases Week reinforces what our practice already knows: for irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia “a multidisciplinary approach “was superior for global symptoms, improvement in specific functional symptoms, psychological state, quality of life, and cost” to care from a gastroenterologist alone.” Gastroenterology […]
THE “BEST” WAY TO DO INTERMITTENT FASTING Intermittent fasting is one of the hottest trends in wellness, but there is conflicting information on the optimal strategy to implement. Here are summaries from a few recent studies that may help guide you until more definitive evidence is gathered. Check out this article from Med […]
