Elimination Diets – Everything You Need to Know If you’ve been diagnosed with IBS, your doctor may have recommended an elimination diet. You may have been advised to eliminate dairy, gluten, fructose, FODMAPs, or other food categories. Typically, the rational behind this is it to identify which foods trigger your symptoms. For example, you…
Feeling Constipated? Many people ask me if their bowel habits are “normal.” Don’t focus on a number, but rather whether or not you feel good.
Grains are an essential part of a healthy and nutritious diet since they are low in fat and high in vitamins and minerals. In a previous blog post, I provided a list of grains that are gluten-free and safe for patients with celiac disease. The problem is that when ..
POO, Yes, whatever the reason you’ve been referred to a gastroenterologist, you’ll be be asked about Poo. Even if you’re there for heartburn. Read why ..
You Want to Put What Where?!? You feel totally fine, you’ve been minding your own business and being a good person. You see your primary doctor for a routine physical, and right as you’re about to leave and celebrate your good health, BAM. You want me to do WHAT?!? Well, happy birthday,…
Understanding Celiac Blood Tests So, to make a diagnosis of celiac disease, you need to have positive blood test results and positive small intestinal biopsies ON a gluten-containing diet. The blood tests can be complicated, so I’ll try to make it simple. As with a lot of things in medicine, the celiac blood…
Have Your Rice and Eat It, Too There’s a lot of confusion out there about what grains are considered to be gluten-free. A question that I commonly get from my patients with celiac disease is, “Can I eat rice?” I want to clear up this confusion by providing you with a list of…
The FODMAP Diet If you’ve been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome, or Googled some of your symptoms, you may have heard of the FODMAP diet. In conjunction with avoidance of other classic dietary triggers, this diet has been shown to improve bloating and abdominal pain, and can be a real life-changer for many people…
