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5 Great nutrition apps that can help you manage IBD
By Elizabeth Yun If you’re like many people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), you may have noticed that what you eat can directly influence how you feel. (Ever eaten a bag of trail mix and had stomach cramps the rest of the night?) Since IBD affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, your diet plays an important role in keeping […]
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Diet patterns linked with gut pro-inflammatory, anti-inflammatory features
By Monica Stonehill Researchers found that specific foods and nutrients correlated with species known to have mucosal protection and anti-inflammatory effects, according to data published in Gut. “We identified dietary patterns that consistently correlate with groups of bacteria with shared functional roles in both health and disease,” Laura A. Bolte, BSc, from the department of gastroenterology and hepatology, […]
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How to Find Answers When Mysterious (and Painful) Gut Symptoms Take Over Your Life
By Mallory Creveling Kate Kareha keeps a folder in her attic filled with notes, doctor’s appointment summaries, photocopies of books, and flyers about inflammation. She also has a saved email with her medication history, the supplements and herbs she takes, and diet info as well as details about the emotional side of a Crohn’s disease diagnosis; she […]
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People with IBD often have inadequate diets
By Kenny Walter It has been long known that diet decisions can increase the risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but new research shows poor diet might also be common among patients diagnosed with the disease. A team, led by Kelly Lambert, School of Medicine, Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health, Illawarra Health and Medical Research […]
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Tips for eating at restaurants when you live with IBD
By Emery Wright If you live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), you may be able to relate to feeling anxious or frustrated about dining at restaurants. It can feel stressful not knowing how the food was prepared and what ingredients were used. Many people living with IBD prefer to cook meals at home so they can […]
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How to reduce your baby’s risk of chronic disease by giving their microbiome the best start
By Dr Lisa Stinson During Kristy Wood’s first two pregnancies, she didn’t give much thought to the microbiome of her babies. But her second child’s tricky start to life triggered a shift. “When it came to my third pregnancy, I definitely made choices that were influenced by what I knew about their microbiomes,” says Kristy. […]
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Getting enough vitamin D?
By Rus Hughes What is Vitamin D Deficiency? ClevelandClinic.org says that the idea of vitamin D deficiency indicates that an individual does not have sufficient vitamin D in their blood. The same source says that “Vitamin D is unique because your skin actually produces it by using sunlight.” Adding, “Fair-skinned individuals and those who are […]
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What diet is most likely to help ease Crohn’s disease?
By Cara Murez The study evaluated one of the commonly used diets for Crohn’s disease, known as the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD), comparing it with the Mediterranean diet, which is sometimes recommended by doctors for its heart health benefits, but not for inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s. The scientists found that both diets reduced symptoms […]
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What 2,000-year-old poo says about our gut bugs
By science reporter Gemma Conroy Many of us spend more time sitting than moving, and we are more likely to reach for a highly processed snack than a stick of celery. And it turns out our poo has also changed. A new study has found that our gut bugs are vastly different from those that inhabited our hunter-gatherer […]
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5 Common mistakes that can make ulcerative colitis worse
By Meghan Rabbitt When you live with ulcerative colitis (UC), you know that symptoms can return even if you’ve been in remission—and even if you’re doing everything you can to avoid a flare. Yet there are a number of missteps you might not even realize you’re making that can worsen your condition, says Matilda Hagan, M.D., co-director for […]
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ResearchNovel mechanism links genetic defect in IBD patients to gut leakiness
UC Riverside-led study in mice and human tissue is the first to show how a disease mutation weakens barrier properties of epithelial cells lining the gut -
Blog5 Great nutrition apps that can help you manage IBD
It can be hard to keep track of what you eat every day. Thankfully, there are apps that can help you monitor your food intake, calorie count, and more. -
NewsPrecursor to ulcerative colitis in healthy individuals years before onset of disease
“This is the first time that research has been able to identify, in detail, the type of inflammation that exists in healthy individuals who later in life develop ulcerative colitis,” says Daniel Bergemalm, physician and researcher on gastrointestinal diseases.
