In this special crossover podcast episode, Tuesday Night IBS hosts Jeffrey Roberts, MSEd, BSc, Erica Dermer and Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, are joined live by William Chey, MD, and Amanda Lynett, MS, RDN, at FOOD the Main Course Conference in Ann Arbor, MI. •    Intro :02 •    About Scarlata :30 •    About Chey 1:07 •    About Lynett 1:49 •    Chey, what are your goals for this year’s FOOD the Main Course Conference? 2:58 •    How do you feel that mechanisms of diet are affecting microbiomes? 5:37 •    Amanda, what have you learned over the years as you have put together this conference, and how do you think this experience has shaped a more well-rounded program for clinicians?  8:23 •    What are you personally going to take away from the conference this year? 11:17 •    A discussion on peer-to-peer interactions, the spirit of collaborative care, and what each provider is bringing to the table. 12:22 •    Kate, tell us about why you come back to this conference every year. 17:32 •    What challenges did you overcome to move the needle forward in diet and GI conditions? 19:14 •    Chey, can you talk about the correlation between stress and diet when it comes to IBS? 24:21 •    How are we dealing with the ramifications of GLP-1s? 29:33 •    As providers, what is your first instinct when patients tell you they started GLP-1s? 32:28 •    How is the community going to help listeners weed through Internet noise to find accurate information? 35:01 •    Group discussion on the rise of severe constipation. 41:31 •    Who decides to send patients for colectomy consultations? 43:33 •    Is there anything else you want to share or highlight from the conference? 47:25 •    Thank you all 48:58 •    Thanks for listening 49:42 Erica Dermer is an IBS and Celiac Disease patient who hosts the Celiac and the Beast blog and You Had Me at Eat podcast series. Amanda Lynett MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian with her masters. Amanda is with the Division of Gastroenterology at Michigan Medical in Ann Arbor. Jeffrey Roberts, MSEd, BSc, is a patient advocate and creator of the first website for IBS sufferers. He is the co-founder of Tuesday Night IBS. Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, is a US-based dietitian with over 30 years of experience. Kate’s expertise is in gastrointestinal disorders and food intolerance.  We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to [email protected]. Follow us on X @HealioGastro @sameerkberry @umfoodoc. For more Tuesday Night IBS, be sure check out TuesdayNightIBS.com and to follow and subscribe to their podcast. Disclosures: Chey and Roberts report no relevant financial disclosures. Scarlata reports stock options with Epicured LLC and FODY Food Company, financial support from Dr. Schar, Mahana Therapeutics, Nestle Health Science, Olipop, Pendulum, QOL Medical.