Clinician Resources

Dr. Alessio Fasano, director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment at MGHfC, discusses “Nutrition, Microbiome Composition and Leaky Gut: Clinical and Therapeutic Consequences.”

What do leading IBD experts say about the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED)? Learn more from the experts behind the diet and the clinical trials in the video from the first "CDED Expert" training day that took place in Copenhagen, March 2019.

Presentation starts in Hebrew, but switches to English at about the 1 minute mark.

Dr. Ana Maldonado-Contreras, a lead researcher in IBD-AID explains the relationship between diet, microbiome and immune function with the design and rational of IBD-AID to manipulate the microbiome. She shares the recently published data of the impact of IBD-AID on the microbiome and cytokine levels specific to food components.

In this video, Dr. Robert N. Baldassano presents: "Can Nutritional Therapy be Used on a Practical Basis for Maintenance?"

Drs. Gerasimidis and Svolos discuss their manuscript entitled "Treatment of Active Crohn’s Disease With an Ordinary Food-based Diet That Replicates Exclusive Enteral Nutrition."

Nestlé Health Science Satellite Symposium at WCPGHAN 2021Welcome and Introduction: Prof. Paolo Lionetti, ItalyNutritional Therapy for Pediatric Crohn's Disease in the Era of Biologics: Prof. Franck Ruemmele, FranceDietary Strategies for the Treatment of Crohn's Disease in 2021 & Beyond: Prof. Arie Levine, Israel

Dr. Lihi Godny discusses the use of the Mediterranean Diet for IBD, including exciting new data from her ongoing research. The presentation includes the following:The geographical and cultural differences in the Mediterranean Diet (MED)How MED can be used in IBD both in prevention and treatmentThe Effects of MED onSymptomsInflammatory MarkersQuality of lifeOverall mortalityMicrobiomeThe IBDMED educational programAdopting MED as a sustainable lifestyle, not a diet

What do IBD Diets and healthy foods do with the microbiome and their inflammatory markers? What should patients with IBD eat?

Dr. David Suskind researches the specific carbohydrate diet, a low-side effect IBD treatment that has the potential to normalize labs, transform the fecal microbiome and put patients into clinical remission. Our Rainin IBD website showcases our research grantees and the progress they are making.

Excerpt from Product Marketing: Nutrition in Immune Balance (NIMBAL) therapy is a standardized method to incorporate dietary therapy into the current medical paradigm. With friendly, practical advice, tips, and recipes, this groundbreaking book supports IBD patients, families and healthcare providers alike who want to pursue dietary interventions.NTforIBD Note: The nutritional therapy discussed in this book is SCD, but the approaches and information apply equally to other therapeutic diets.

This comic book explains IBD, pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies, and the microbiome to kids via an entertaining comic adventure that is free to download in many languages. Hard copies can also be purchased.

This page details advice on implementing EEN and for transitioning from EEN to pharmaceutical therapy and/or SCD.

Dr. David Suskind answers questions about IBD, dietary therapy, and much more.

An example of a cooking program for patients on a therapeutic diet.

On this page, you will find PDFs intended for enrolled participants, but that are useful for anyone implementing SCD or mSCD. Documents include the following: meal plans, FAQs, guide to reading food labels, instructions for making SCD yogurt, managing social activities, SCD brands, SCD snacks, SCD resources, SCD summaries (brief and detailed), recommended food stages for the study, SCD supplements, recipe links, and weight loss prevention.

This page offers advice for determining if SCD is right for you, when it may not work, and when it may be best used in conjunction with traditional medical therapy. While it specifically mentions SCD, the advice on this page is relevant to most nutritional therapies.

Oral iron supplements are not recommended on SCD. This post provides alternative methods to supplement iron.

Downloadable/printable PDF with an overview of EEN.

Health care professional portal for support from Nestle Modulife. Login required for access to most areas.

Three podcast episodes hosted by Lindsey Albenberg, DO, with dietitians Kim Braly and Nyla Williamson on Nutrition, EEN, and SCD