Specific Carbohydrate Diet

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease reported improvement in symptoms using a personalized specific carbohydrate diet, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

In a recent randomized controlled trial, researchers found that both the specific carbohydrate diet and the Mediterranean diet were associated with improvements in mild to moderate Crohn’s disease symptoms.

Pediatric patients adhering to a specific carbohydrate diet or modified specific carbohydrate diet showed improved symptoms of their inflammatory bowel disease, according to a presentation at Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

AUSTIN, Texas — Though clinical data for nutrition as therapy in IBD is limited, physicians should not be deterred from discussing it with patients if patients participate in the decision and comply as if the diet is a drug, according to an expert at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

Children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis achieved clinical remission after specific carbohydrate diet therapy, according to the results of a small prospective study.