This website is a resource that I am compiling dedicated to helping you better understand the connection between nutrition and digestive health. Whether you are looking to improve your overall well-being, manage a digestive condition, or simply learn how food affects the gastrointestinal tract, this website aims to provide evidence-based information in an easy-to-understand format with provided references. Our goal is to empower you with practical knowledge and reliable resources so you can make informed decisions about your health and work more effectively with your healthcare team. We believe that understanding the role of nutrition is an important step toward achieving better digestive health and overall wellness.

With a background in both internal medicine and dietetics, our team aims to provide a view of differing topics from both perspectives to aid in understanding how nutrition can help you with your individualized condition both in a preventative fashion and, if possible, as treatment.

Currently, there is very limited information on this site due to the relative age of the site as well as the time constraint I have while in residency. The goal I have is to work on this little by little throughout the rest of my medical career as I work toward my goal to become a gastroenterologist.

The content of this site consists of documents and presentations that I have compiled during my medical career, blog posts of specific nutritional topics that may grow upon request, and information about myself through a personal statement and a link to my curriculum vitae.

Please feel free to go to the "Contact Us" page to send me any question or requests and I will do my best to get back to you in a timely manner to help answer any doubts or unsolved questions.

Best regards,

- Derek J. Scholes, MD, RDN, MDA