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GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: OVERPROCESSED FOODS ADD 500 CALORIES TO YOUR DIET DAILY, CAUSING WEIGHT GAIN Check out this article from CNN.com about the negative effects of ultraprocessed foods on weight management. “Less-expensive, easier-to-prepare ultraprocessed foods can make you fat, a new study says.” “People limited to a diet of primarily highly processed foods ate more calories […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: GERD CAUSES ANXIETY & HYPERVIGILANCE Check out the link from Healio about recent study results presented at Digestive Disease Week conference demonstrating how heartburn and reflux can create anxiety and increased focus on sensations in their esophagus. “Regardless of physiologic symptoms and acid exposure, patients across the GERD spectrum regularly experience esophageal hypervigilance and […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: STANDARD AMERICAN DIET INCREASES THE RISK FOR C. DIFF Odds are that you know someone who has been devastated by a Clostridioides Difficile (a.k.a. “C. diff”) infection. This opportunistic and sometimes life-threatening bacteria loves to cause abdominal pain, diarrhea, and fever in immunocompromised and hospitalized patients, but over the last several years […]
GASTROENTEROLOGY NERD ALERT: STOOL TRANSPLANT may HELP TREAT OBESITY and DIABETES? Can fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) help treat obesity and diabetes? Check out this article in Med Page Today that summarizes two studies presented last week at the Digestive Disease Week conference. The studies “demonstrated that FMT can safely lead to sustained changes in recipients’ microbiomes. Whether […]
