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Let thy food be thy medicine
  1. Kanwarpreet Tandon,
  2. Alan C Moss
  1. Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Alan C Moss, Gastroenterology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA; Alan.Moss{at}bmc.org

https://doi.org/10.1136/flgastro-2022-102235

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    • Contributors KT: title, drafting of the manuscript. ACM: Drafting of manuscript and critical review of the manuscript.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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