Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD
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Cheryl Iny Harris, MPH, RD
@cherylharrisrd.bsky.social
GI dietitian, chocolate lover, gardener, cat snuggler, interest in research, mindfulness, disability, Ehlers danlos🦓
www.harriswholehealth.com
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AG1, the most heavily marketed supplement, with no independent peer reviewed data to show any improvement in health outcomes
May 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
so excited about this new study:
Excited to share our @IBDJournals publication on food fears in #IBD: what are the drivers of fear/avoidance, how can we best help patients with #diet liberalization? Read on for specific strategies for your practice! @DrMadisonSimons
#ARFID
From Food Fears to Food Freedom: How Do We Best Manage Restrictive Eating in IBD?
Abstract. Prior research has estimated the rates of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) to be between 10-54% in patients with Inflammatory Bo
academic.oup.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Screening for food insecurity showed no improvement, but tailored meal deliveries and mobile food banks offered some benefits.

by O'Connor EA, Webber EM (...) Lin JS et 3 al. in JAMA #MedSky

📖 read the article:
USPSTF Review: Preventive Services for Food Insecurity
This systematic review to support a 2025 US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement summarizes published evidence on the benefits and harms of screening and interventions for food insecurity in health care settings.
jamanetwork.com
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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A new international survey has been released exploring the experiences of athletes with ME / Long Covid (with PEM)

Please share widely - all info on our website here

www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey
ME in Athletes Survey | Physiosforme
www.physiosforme.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
stress may lead to mast cell reactions to food & pain. Big caveat--it's interesting, and we're not mice. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Psychological stress-induced local immune response to food antigens increases pain signaling across the gut in mice
We recently showed that a bacterial infection can break oral tolerance to food and lead to IgE-dependent mast cell activation and food-induced abdomin…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Excited share that our @romefoundation.bsky.social Working Team's manuscript 📄 on Overlap in Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction #DGBI is now published in @natrevgastrohep.bsky.social! Grateful for this amazing journey with global experts. Read here: nature.com/articles/s41...
#DGBI #GISky #GutSky
January 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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If you are in Maryland, please write to State Assembly member & ask them to preserve funding for community disability assistance programs. Wes Moore (D) has proposed absolutely gutting access programs for people w disabilities & their families who support them. bethesdamagazine.com/2025/01/20/d...
Disabilities community ‘deeply distressed’ by proposed $200M cut to state services
Proposals plan to cut $200 million from a state agency that administers resources for people with developmental disabilities.
bethesdamagazine.com
January 31, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Prevalance of hypermobile EDS at a gender affirming primary care clinic: 2.7%. So much interesting info here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The prevalence of hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome at a gender-affirming primary care clinic
This study utilized a sample of trangender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse (TGD) patients to build on emerging literature that suggests that hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome may be overrepresented in...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.
January 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
can't count how many times this has happened. Are there any effective tricks for getting insurance to cover biologics that patients are *stable* on when they've gotten terribly ill when they've been off? already looked at CCF.
January 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Q: Does gender play a role in GI symptoms? menopause? fascinating study.
A: women have more symptoms of GI disorders than men, & there are different symptoms w/age, maybe b/c hormone changes #menopause
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
Sex Differences, Menses‐Related Symptoms and Menopause in Disorders of Gut–Brain Interaction
Our global epidemiology study shows symptom differences within the five most common DGBI based on sex, menopause, age, and menses. Sex hormone-mediated effects may contribute to greater symptom burde....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Cochrane, by dropping their planned review of exercise for #MECFS, disrespects the energy and time of those involved in that review AND leaves the existing review supporting exercise for ME/CFS and #LongCovid.

Our petition calls for its withdrawal,
www.change.org/p/cochrane-w...
Sign the Petition
Cochrane: Withdraw the harmful 2019 Exercise therapy for CFS review
www.change.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Since everyone’s finding old and new friends, take a moment to read my story, I’m a 32yo polio survivor because I was not vaccinated. Pass on my story, repeat it, tell it to any vaccine hesitate parent. No kid deserves vaccine preventable diseases

www.voicesforvaccines.org/as-a-polio-s...
I’m a Polio Survivor. I Don’t Want You to Get It.
Polio is once again a public health threat in the United States. Grace is disappointed, though not surprised.
www.voicesforvaccines.org
November 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Brb throwing out all my fire alarms bc I’ve never had a fire
December 14, 2024 at 7:49 PM
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I had polio when i was 9. I was taken from my parents & placed in a Hospital for contageous diseases- the polio ward. I would see them once a week - thru the glass window at the end of my ward. I could not walk. It was terrifying. Kids died. Iron lungs were awful. Dont let RFK Jr ban the vaccine
December 14, 2024 at 2:45 AM
generally, the reason why I'm late.
December 11, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Holiday gluten-free newsletter: Wait, gluten is *where*? holiday edition. www.harriswholehealth.com/9983
December 10, 2024 at 6:55 PM
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I know people don’t want twitter screenshots over here, but not all the newsworthy items have made it here yet. These two brave women were sentenced to death for advocating for women’s rights in Iran.
December 6, 2024 at 10:44 PM
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Disabled people in the UK face £583 extra costs per month on average, even after benefits are taken into account.

One in five disabled people face extra costs of over £1,000 per month.

Disabled people are exceptionally likely to live in poverty.

#Dispatches
December 2, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Boop!
November 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Gluten-free Thanksgiving tips: www.harriswholehealth.com/9992 #glutenfree #celiac
G-Free Thanksgiving – Harris Whole Health
www.harriswholehealth.com
November 25, 2024 at 5:54 PM
fascinating new research out: Neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders: a lived experience-led narrative review jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Neurodivergence, intersectionality, and eating disorders: a lived experience-led narrative review - Journal of Eating Disorders
Autistic people and those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are at a high risk of developing an eating disorder. While there is limited evidence on the relationship between other forms of ...
jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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Someone called this mass exodus from Twitter ‘the fall of the Broman Empire’ and I died laughing. 💀
November 23, 2024 at 6:42 PM