The Effect of Diet on Microbial Profile and Disease Outcomes in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

This clinical study is designed to evaluate the effect of two dietary patterns, Mediterranean diet and the specific carbohydrate diet on clinical, inflammatory and microbial parameters in patients after pouch surgery and to assess the effect of a personal tailored diet, based on microbial profile, on disease outcomes and generate a predictive model for future interventions. Seventy ulcerative colitis patients post restorative proctocolectomy (pouch) will be randomly allocated into two short-term (one week) dietary interventions, the Mediterranean diet and the specific carbohydrate diet, to assess which diet has the required influence (i.e. increased diversity, decrease in specific pathobionts and increase in "anti-inflammatory" taxa) on the gut microbiome of each participant. Based on this assessment, each participant will be treated by a personally-tailored diet for up to one year, during which microbial composition, clinical parameters, and quality of life will be assessed. Randomized, double blind crossover, n=70