In episode 6 we welcome back Dr Alan Desmond, Consultant Gastroenterologist, to discuss the surprisingly common bowel condition, diverticular disease. Alan is a practising clinician, author of 'The Plant-Based Diet Revolution', a well known speaker and now a successful podcaster with his new podcast - ‘Eat This with Dr Alan Desmond’, as well as being an Ambassador for Plant-Based Health Professionals UK.

For many years Alan has been advocating for a high fibre whole food plant-based diet, for gut health and to reduce the risk of many chronic conditions.

To connect with Alan:

https://www.alandesmond.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dr.alandesmond/

Factsheet for colonoscopy and vegan diet:

https://plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Colonoscopy-on-a-vegan-diet-231208.pdf

Studies discussed:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867424014776?via%3Dihub

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2468125319302572

https://www.microbiomeatlas.org/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9101932/