"We were so busy learning about thousands of medications and their side effects. We were so busy learning about rare disorders that we'll never diagnose in our entire career that we lose sight of the practical information that the routine person needs coming through the door. And so… yeah, nutritional education is completely devoid in our traditional medical education. I just didn't have it."

"When I opened up and saw these [Microbiome / Plant-Basesed] studies, I was shocked! And very quickly, I found the connection between nutrition and gut microbiome which was starting to really take off and it was really affecting my field as a gastroenterologist… I just started devouring these studies and bringing that into the clinic because I'm taking care of ppl with irritable bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis — they are real people and they want to know, "Doc, I can't eat at all without pain; What am I supposed to eat?" is a basic question — most GI docs don't have great answers to that basic question. I needed to find something. I spent basically nights and weekends studying and learning and educating myself and implementing this in my practice and was shocked by the results — amazing transformations in my patients!"

"For me, I discovered that this [food] is the root of the issue and if we don't address the root of the issue, what are we doing? Just covered it up! So just taking on the root cause of these digestive issues that damage the gut microbiome, allowed me to alter the health of my patients."

"In 2016, I felt compelled to share the story and started an Instagram account."