📣 Gastroenterology dietitians play a powerful role in the care of GI patients by providing specialist evidence-based dietary advice and resources 📣
Everything you need to know about working with one
🎓 @umfoodoc & colleagues in @AGA_Gastro
👉 https://t.co/uGHsBkqnx7
Excited to read this, “A #Mediterranean Diet Pattern Improves Intestinal Inflammation Concomitant with Reshaping of the Bacteriome in Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomised Controlled Trial” #IBD 👇🏼
New research shows SIBO is present in 37% of patients with IBS.
However, the pain and discomfort were not correlated with methane levels, hydrogen levels or sum of both:
https://t.co/xf4cUog3bq
. @FlySWISS I paid you for an upgrade 10 days ago. You took my $, then was told no upgrades were available. Now I can't get my $ back. Called customer service 2x, sent messages 2x, no help at departing airport. What gives???
I analysed this herbal drug,
probably the most prescribed 'kidney detox' (kidney detoxes us by the way) for infections, stones to chronic kidney disease
And cant figure out how heavy metals, industrial solvents & isopropyl alcohol are actually good for the kidneys?
Any idea?
Lives are ruined by inappropriate use of food allergy tests.
These were never designed to be used as screening tests, yet they're often used as such.
It is backwards & incorrect to perform a panel, then make a diagnosis regardless of history.
I spend my days undoing this harm.
The involvement of dietitians is crucial for the efficacy of the low FODMAP diet. @LeeMartinRD & colleagues provide data supporting the efficacy of the low FODMAP diet in IBS patients who attended dietitian led group education settings in tertiary care https://t.co/6iUOm6Ld4G
Providers, if you didn't do a full nutrition assessment, do not provide nutrition recs,even if you think it's harmless, even if you have good intentions. Genuinely very tired of having to override doctors' random diet advice made in passing that is unquestionably contraindicated.
Saw a Pt with 20 lb involuntary weight loss and depression. A senior who has DM. Psychotherapist told Pt to follow a no carb, low fat diet. Pt stopped eating since nothing was appealing. She cried when I told her a sandwich was okay. Therapists, please, STAY IN YOUR OWN LANE!
There are multiple treatment options available for #IBS but what do patients actually prefer?
Discrete-choice experiment reveals that an overwhelming majority prefers dietary measures 🍎above medication 💊 or psychotherapy.🧑🏻⚕️
#GITwitter@AGA_CGH 🔓 https://t.co/JjgAc8zv8U