Paleo-type diet reversing Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis

The diet – called the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) – has been pioneered by Dr David Suskind, a gastroenterologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. The diet excludes grains, dairy, processed foods and sugars, other than honey, and promotes natural, nutrient-rich foods, including vegetables, fruits, meats and nuts.

Children are going into complete remission after just 12 weeks on the diet, a new study has discovered. Ten children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) – an umbrella term for Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis – were put on the diet, and eight were completely symptom-free by the end of the study.Suskind started exploring a dietary approach to IBD because he became convinced that the standard medical treatment of steroids or other medication was inadequate. “For decades, medicine has said diet doesn’t matter, that it doesn’t impact disease. Now we know that diet does have an impact, a strong impact. It works, and now there’s evidence,” he said.

(Source: Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2017; doi: 10.1097/MCG.0000000000000772)

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