The interplay between diet, the gut microbiome, and host health is complex. Diets
associated with health have many similarities: high fiber, unsaturated fatty acids, and …

The mammalian intestine is colonized by trillions of microorganisms that have co-evolved
with the host in a symbiotic relationship. The presence of large numbers of symbionts near …

Background The Selecting Therapeutic Targets in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (STRIDE)
initiative of the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases …

Background & Aims This study compared the effectiveness of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet
(SCD) to the Mediterranean diet (MD) as treatment for Crohn's disease (CD) with mild to …

Background & Aims Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) is recommended for children with mild
to moderate Crohn's disease (CD), but implementation is challenging. We compared EEN …

Recent advances in basic and clinical science over the last 3 years have dramatically
altered our appreciation of the role of diet in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The marked …

Research into the microbiome—the indigenous microbial communities (microbiota) and the
host environment that they inhabit—has changed clinicians' ideas about microbes in human …

Abnormal composition of intestinal bacteria—" dysbiosis"—is characteristic of Crohn's
disease. Disease treatments include dietary changes and immunosuppressive anti-TNFα …

Background & Aims It is not clear how the complex interactions between diet and the
intestinal microbiota affect development of mucosal inflammation or inflammatory bowel …

The most common question asked by patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
is,“Doctor, what should I eat?” Findings from epidemiology studies have indicated that diets …