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Battling Crohn’s with Food – & Winning!

Climate Change Impacts Overall Gut Health

FMT Plus Diet Intervention Leads to UC Remission

Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Coronavirus: Are You At Risk?

An Alternative Treatment For Crohn’s

Meditation & Its Impact On Gut Health

Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising In Young Adults With Distinct Differences

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SIBO More Prevalent In Those With IBD

Chronic IBD Symptoms No Longer Chronic With Effective Treatment

Artificial Sweeteners Disrupt Microbial Balance & May Worsen Crohn’s Disease Symptoms

Battling Crohn’s with Food – & Winning!

Janet has had Crohn's disease for over 20 years. In this episode we discuss her experience using food as medicine and lifestyle changes to get her autoimmune disease into a lasting remission.

Climate Change Impacts Overall Gut Health

Climate change could be a key player in explaining the dramatic increase in different types of gastrointestinal diseases

FMT Plus Diet Intervention Leads to UC Remission

Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT), plus anti-inflammatory diet leads to remission in ulcerative colitis (UC). In a randomized trial, researchers split ulcerative colitis patients into two groups: an FMT group who was also eating an anti-inflammatory diet, and a standard medical therapy group with no dietary recommendations. 66% of patients in the FMT group showed a positive […]

Sleep & IBD Disease Activity

You may notice that as stress increases in your life, so does your disease activity, or vice-versa: an increase in disease activity...

Inflammatory Bowel Disease & Coronavirus: Are You At Risk?

In this webinar with Dr. Chutkan, you will learn about the concerns and considerations for those with inflammatory bowel disease during the coronavirus pandemic, including whether or not you are categorized as high risk, what your medication regimen might mean for your infection risk assessment, and how best to stay healthy and protect yourself.

An Alternative Treatment For Crohn’s

Annette is a patient born in Argentina who I saw in consultation for Crohn’s disease. Like most people from that part of the world, she received the bacillus Calmette–Guérin, or BCG, vaccine against tuberculosis as a child. Since the vaccine is prepared from a strain of live tuberculosis that has lost its virulence in humans, […]

Meditation & Its Impact On Gut Health

Closing your eyes with intention can be transformative. The sound of your breath amplifies in your nose and throat; your senses sharpen to taste, touch, and scent. The external world melts away for a moment as you withdraw into yourself. Your stream of consciousness, now unveiled, reveals the magnitude of thoughts, emotions, and memories you […]

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Colorectal Cancer Rates Rising In Young Adults With Distinct Differences

While colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality rates are decreasing in those 50 years of age and older, CRC in young adults is on the rise. New research sheds light on the differences between early and late onset CRC. Analyzing data from 36,000 patients, a recent study found that younger patients (aged 18 to 29 years) […]

Coconut Water

Coconut water is one of the biggest wellness fads in the last 10 years. But is it everything it claims to be: a great source of potassium, magnesium, antioxidants, amino acids, and even cytokinins (a hormone with hypothesized antiaging, cancer-fighting properties), plus low in calories, and an excellent hydration tool? I can definitely speak to […]

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