Smoking cannabis may help with symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the short term, but it may make the long-term prognosis worse. As this study asks, “Medical…
Read more IBD and Cannabis | NutritionFacts.orgSwitching to a plant-based diet has been shown to achieve far better outcomes than those reported on conventional treatments for both active and quiescent stages of Crohn’s disease…
Read more Eating to Treat Crohn’s Disease | NutritionFacts.orgPlant-based diets can be 98 percent effective in keeping ulcerative colitis patients in remission, far exceeding the efficacy of other treatments. “One of the most common questions physicians…
Read more Eating to Keep Ulcerative Colitis in Remission | NutritionFacts.orgEating a diet filled with animal products can disrupt our microbiome faster than taking an antibiotic. If you search online for “Crohn’s disease and diet” or “ulcerative colitis…
Read more Foods That Disrupt Our Microbiome | NutritionFacts.orgBy Melodie Narain-Blackwell, as told to Michele Jordan I am an educated woman of color with good insurance from a good family who ate healthy food. But it…
Read more A Person of Color With Crohn’s DiseaseBy Christina Difeo Petrella, as told to Michele Jordan I’m from a large Italian family of five where food and love were so important. I am the youngest…
Read more Crohn’s Disease Doesn’t Define MeA Crohn’s disease researcher talks about the quest for a cure and better treatments. Source link
Read more A Cure for Crohn’s: How Close Are We?By Christine Morris, as told to Susan Bernstein I was 16 when I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. It was 2004. I was just a very sick kid.…
Read more My Journey With Crohn’s Disease: Coming to TermsBy McKenna Plant, as told to Barbara Brody I started having Crohn’s disease symptoms when I was 15 and was formally diagnosed about a year later. In a…
Read more What People Don’t Understand About Crohn’s DiseaseBy Ryan Ungaro, MD, as told to Barbara Brody Back when I was in medical school, I decided to specialize in gastroenterology because I thought it was a fascinating…
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