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Experts urge evaluation of diet at routine check-ups. Evidence for mandating comprehensive nutrition assessments.

Dr. Rachel Herz, author of “Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food," explains how our neuroanatomical wiring affects our eating behavior. How do various tastes—sweet, salty, sour and bitter—impact our moods and appetites? How does DWD—dining while distracted—increase our food intake? What makes foods like bacon and chocolate so enticing? How food is presented affects our choices—as do portion sizes. What are the implications for strategies to curb excess caloric intake? Dr. Herz believes in “empowerment via awareness”—moderation and variation are keys to successful appetite regulation.

Dr. Hoffman continues his conversation with Dr. Rachel Herz, author of “Why You Eat What You Eat."

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Dr. Mark Davis is a naturopathic physician recognized as one of the foremost experts on fecal microbiota therapy (FMT). Known as an effective treatment for C. difficile infection, FMT is now proving helpful for ulcerative colitis. A recent study suggested its efficacy in autism. Who are candidates for FMT? Why is it important to screen stool donors? Since it's not an officially approved treatment (except for C. diff.), how are patients obtaining it? Why are parasite carriers less susceptible to autoimmune and allergic disorders? How is "worm" therapy with helminths utilized clinically? What other natural strategies offer hope to sufferers of colitis and other digestive conditions? What role for the Specific Carbohydrate Diet? For resistant starches? Will FMT and helminth therapy ever go mainstream with targeted, commercialized prescription or over-the-counter products?

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