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Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani

MCAS Simplified - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

How to listen, treat the client first, chase down the science later

It’s not “Just Your Eating Disorder”

Impact of malnutrition and stress on the body. Malnutrition and stress will fuel MCAS

Some Signs of MCAS

• Reaction to alcohol (consumed and topical like hand sanitizer)
• More fatigued than peers after being in heat
• Artificial Scents - headache, stuffy
• Reaction to artificial dyes
• Rashes – flushing, itchy
• Drippy nose after eating
• Periods are rough – intense cramps, heavy bleeding
• Chronic constipation as a kid

Plain, everyday food can activate.

How to diagnose

Mini screener

Treatment can be simple

Elemental shakes

Trigger avoidance

OTC meds.

Dr G’s Seasonings:

Blogs (there are FOUR on MCAS here)

Be careful for diet-y talk in Dr Google

Show up with fierce joy

Bio:

Dr. Gaudiani (she/her) is an eating disorders expert physician and the Founder and Medical Director of the Gaudiani Clinic. Board Certified in Internal Medicine, she completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard, medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, and her internal medicine residency and chief residency at Yale, where she won numerous clinical awards. Dr. Gaudiani moved to Denver in 2007, choosing Colorado with her husband because its emphasis on the outdoors, the incorporation of nature into daily life, and the importance of family activity time as it offered a great way to foster work-life balance. In 2008, she was one of the founding team members of the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders at Denver Health. After seven great years there, she left as its Medical Director to pursue her vision of outpatient care, founding the Gaudiani Clinic. During her years at ACUTE, Dr. Gaudiani became a recognized internist for her work on the medical complications of eating disorders. Dr. Gaudiani’s book, Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders, was released via Routledge in October 2018.

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