Chris Burns was a successful cinematographer and director of photography for multiple Emmy-winning projects. Then he developed significant alcohol-associated liver disease which eventually led him to a liver transplant. He is now two years post transplant and is working on a documentary to raise awareness for both liver disease and liver transplantation. We discuss his journey and his advocacy work in today's episode of the Gut Doctor Podcast. This episode is brought to you by Mindray and Aegle Medical, manufacturer and distributor of the Hepatus-series platform, which is a NexGen vibration-controlled elastography technology used to stage and monitor liver disease.

Ghee has ancient roots but what does modern science say about it? In this Food as Medicine episode, Dr. Parikh interviews Dr. Rahul Pottabathini of Gandhi Medical College. They explore ghee's impact on digestion, inflammation and the microbiome.

We kick off constipation awareness month with today's episode with Dr. Darren Brenner who is Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University. The discussion focuses on the prevalence of constipation, risk factors, and symptoms of one of the most common gastrointestinal conditions worldwide. This episode was sponsored by Vibrant Gastro, makers of the drug-free Vibrant System. It is the first of three episodes in a constipation mini-series.