In honor of GERD awareness week, Dr. Parikh and Dr. Disiena discuss a new therapy that could potentially revolutionize how we treat acid-mediated disorders.  

Is coffee really good for you? Good for your heart? Your liver? Your brain? How does coffee interact with your gut? In this episode of the Food as Medicine series, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Vaishal Tolia, Professor of Internal and Emergency Medicine at the University of California San Diego. Dr. Tolia answers these questions and more.

While mast cell diseases may be rare overall, patients with mast cell diseases such as mast cell activation syndrome and systemic mastocytosis often present with an atypical presentation which can be challenging for both the patient and provider. In this episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Erin Kolb, an Allergy Family Nurse Practitioner who specializes in mast cell diseases. They discuss symptoms, diagnostic tests and treatment options. 

Cysts in the pancreas commonly appear on imaging studies done for other reasons. What should the patient and healthcare provider do about these cysts? Dr. Veeral Oza, Medical Director of Interventional Endoscopy at University of South Carolina Greenville and Director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center, explains what these cysts are, which ones we need to be worried about, and what we should do about them. 

What's in a name? Liz Richardson, a hepatologist with CTGI and Director of Hartford Healthcare's Metabolic Liver Disease program discusses the new nomenclature when it comes to steatotic (fatty) liver disease. 

Have you heard about congenital sucrase-isomaltase deficiency (CSID)? Symptoms include bloating, diarrhea, gas pains among others. While traditionally considered a rare disease, it may be more common than we think as Daksesh Patel, a gastroenterologist with GI Alliance of Illinois, tells us. Dr. Patel details how one can acquire a sucrase-isomaltase deficiency, the common symptoms of CSID, and the treatment strategies - both dietary and pharmaceutical. 

In the GI 101 series, Dr. Parikh interviews one of the training physicians to get their perspective on a variety of gastrointestinal topics. In this episode, Dr. Rushi Talati, one of the gastroenterology fellows at New York University, explains what are gallstones, how they form, who is at risk for them, and if you can treat them with diet and exercise.

Dr. Parikh welcomes back Dr. Alex Perelman, a gastroenterologist at Vanguard Gastroenterology, to discuss the latest news on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and their association with dementia.  

Dr. Parikh discusses the brain-gut axis with health and wellness coach Erica Buss, RN. They discuss how breathing techniques, meal challenges and eating in a calm state all interplay with the enteric nervous system - the nervous system found within your GI tract. 

In this Food as Medicine episode, Dr. Parikh asks one of his research mentees, Dheera Grover MBBS, to investigate apple cider vinegar and share what we do and do not know about this ever so popular food substance.