Holiday season means food—and a lot of it, from work events to social gatherings with friends and family. “When I talk to my patients, instead of calling it the most beautiful time of year, I call it the most challenging time of the year,” says Dr. Andres Acosta, a physician in the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at Mayo Clinic. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] For the 12% of adults in the U.S.