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.
