#106: Gut Motility and Your Health with Dr. Supriya Rao
“I like to think of a good bowel movement as this feeling of complete emptying.” -Dr. Supriya Rao
Dr. Supriya Rao grew up eating a vegetarian diet, but she hasn’t always consumed the healthiest food. Now as a GI doctor and a mother of two, she has been deliberate to adopt habits that promote health and among those is a plant-based diet. I loved talking to her about her journey and what she feeds her own children, but I also greatly enjoyed learning more about gut motility.
In this episode of Veggie Doctor Radio, I talk with Dr. Supriya Rao about gut motility, constipation, IBS and what diet and lifestyle habits are essential to a healthy gut motility.
We discuss:
How she adopted a health-promoting plant-based diet
Why she talks to her patients about diet and lifestyle changes
The definition of gut motility and why it is relevant to gut health
The signs and symptoms of fast and slow gut motility
What a perfect bowel movement is like
How meal timing, frequency and amount can affect gut motility
How bowel movements change throughout the female menstrual cycle
Other hormones that can affect gut motility
What diet and lifestyle changes people can take to improve gut motility
Warning signs that should prompt you to seek medical attention
What she wishes more people knew (it’s about PROTEIN!)
The personal habit she is most proud of
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Dr. Supriya Rao
More about my honored guest:
Supriya Rao, MD is a board certified physician in internal medicine, gastroenterology and obesity medicine. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and gastroenterology fellowship at Boston Medical Center. She is a managing partner of her GI practice, Integrated Gastroenterology Consultants, located in Chelmsford, MA. She is also the Director of Medical Weight Loss at Lowell General Hospital. She is an active member in the Digestive Health Physicians Alliance and involved in health policy advocacy in GI. Her clinical interests include gut health and motility, inflammatory bowel disease, women's health, and weight management.
Learn more at @gutsygirlmd
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