FODMAPs, Food Allergy, and More - Felipe Finkelstein, MD

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19 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JULY 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events FODMAPs, Food Allergy, and More Felipe Finkelstein, MD Gastroenterology Staff, Clínica Alemana de Santiago NeuroGastroenterology Unit Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Del Desarrollo Santiago, Chile In order to commemorate and partici-pate in World Digestive Health Day (WDHD), which is held throughout the world on 29 May 2016 and spon-sored by the World Gastroenterology Organisation, in our Gastroenterol-ogy Service in Clínica Alemana in Santiago, Chile, we held a program with lectures, discussion, and ac-tions devoted to highlight the 2016 WDHD topic, “Diet and the Gut,” done by members of our staff’. They started on 2 May, and extended till 29 May. Their presenta- Felipe Finkelstein, MD presenting on Food Allergies Ms. R. Ratner and Roque Saenz, MD pre-senting on FODMAPs diets. tions were transmitted via teleconfer-ence to two other cities in Chile, as far away south from Santiago. The first such activity was per-formed by our nutritionist, Ms. Rinat Ratner from Israel. It related to “FODMAPs diets” and their rela-tions to the treatment on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The topic was very well received by the audi-ence and it raised a lot of discussion dealing with its usefulness and the real available evidence, as well as the need for more strong data, and the difficulties of adhering to the diet long-term. The objective of getting FODMAPs diets better understood by staff members was achieved. Felipe Finkelstein, MD, a gastroen-terologist here at Clínica Alemana de Santiago, was the leader and modera-tor of an academic activity related to “Food allergies in adults and chil-dren,” a rising clinical situation nowa-days, which may be masked, mainly due to the mixture of components in the elaboration of usual daily foods. The activity also highlighted the pres-ence of new tests for food allergies, not all proven to be useful, and a clear rise in food allergic diseases in Chile, and throughout the world, according to the actual medical literature. “IgA, immune deficit” and “Ad-vances in Bacterial Transplantation” were also afforded by Maria De Los Angeles Gatica, MD, and Jaquelina Gobelet, MD, both of whom are also part of our gastroenterology staff tak-ing part in this WDHD cycle. With these activities we have participated in and created awareness about World Digestive Health Day 2016 and especially on diets, foods, immunology, bacteria, and gastroen-terological diseases.

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