In this episode, Peter Gibson, MD, discusses the advent of FODMAPs, the importance of integrated care and preventive medicine, and how his research led to the development of a widely popular medical app.   

• Intro :23
• About Peter Gibson, MD :24
• The interview 1:36
• What part of Australia are you originally from? 1:42
• How did you get interested in medicine and, in particular, GI? 2:12
• At first you were mostly in IBD, is that right? 2:45
• How did you end up being one of the foremost experts in functional bowel disease? 3:50
• Was including dieticians accepted by the GI community at large? 6:57
• How did the concept of FODMAPs come to be? 8:16
• Are there cultural differences regarding medical education and the importance of dietary interventions in nutrition? 11:50
• Is collaboration key? 15:52
• Why do you think having a behavioral psychologist and nutritionist on the team still hasn’t taken off? 18:25
• We just completed a review on integrated care for Gastroenterology that should be published this year 21:37
• The approach to Western medicine is reactive; thinking preventively is still a long way’s off 24:12
• Are these services covered for patients with functional GI disorders in the U.S.? 25:53
• Why did you choose “FODMAP”? 27:56
• What are the FODMAPs that most commonly cause problems? 31:49
• Do you see a way to use precision avoidance with FODMAPs in the near future? 35:50
• How did you get into designing a mobile app? 39:12
• Do you think the app is something that could replace the need for a dietician? 44:41
• Did you ever deal with people who dissuaded you from trying to commercial some of your research? 47:42
• How do you feel about other companies capitalizing on the FODMAP research? 50:06
• What are some of the best practices/things you’ve learned on studying the way diet impacts disease? 52:11
• What is the biggest misconception of FODMAPs among GI doctors? 56:50
• If you had a magic wand that could change one thing about the way we care for patients with functional GI disease, or GI disease in general, what would you do? 59:24
• Thank you so much for spending time with us, Dr. Gibson 1:01:58

Peter Gibson, MD, is director of gastroenterology at Monash University, he discovered the low-FODMAP diet and past president of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia.

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Disclosures: Berry and Chey report no relevant financial disclosures. Gibson works for Monash University, creator of the Monash University FODMAP diet app.