Patient Resources

How does the environmental factors, or the exposome, effect IBD.

In this video Dr. Dale Lee discusses his research regarding Reverse-Engineering Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (RE-EEN) with the making of a whole-food based smoothie, based on principles of the SCD, comparable in nutrients to formulas used for EEN therapy in Crohn's disease.

Dr. James Lewis, a leading expert on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), who was joined by patient Andrea Meyer, to discuss these conditions that affect 3.1 million Americans, spoke with Michelle Tompkins about the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation to discuss the conditions, treatments and a new study that could help many people.

In this video, Amy Donegan, CPNP-PC, discusses misconception of exclusive enteral nutrition therapy in the pediatric Crohn disease population.

In this presentation from the Pediatric Track at the 2017 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference, Dr. David Suskind discusses the latest advances in the use of nutrition for therapy in pediatric Crohn's disease.

Dr. Dale Lee, Director of the Seattle Children's;s Celiac Program, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's.

Professor Day explains how EEN may impact active Crohn's disease.

Why would you include diet in IBD therapy for children? Dr. Albenberg explains it.

Dr. Lindsey Albenberg, a clinician and researcher from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, describes the rapidly increasing incidence of IBD and its relationship to diet, microbiome and the immune system. She reviews the rationale and science supporting the use of dietary therapy to compliment drug therapy as an avenue to potentially achieve higher, more sustainable and possibly safer levels of remission long term in pediatric patients.

Rotem Sigall Boneh, RD, a primary researcher and developer of CDED, provides an overview of the accumulating data with CDED in combination with PEN, including the newly published results of adult data with important endoscopic findings and further shares real world experience and application of nutritional therapy.

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."

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.

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