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Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, judged on the evidence
IBD is one of the few areas where diet advice from strangers is actively dangerous. Here is what has actually been tested.
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Diet
Diet can treat IBD — in one specific case
Exclusive enteral nutrition induces remission in paediatric Crohn's about as well as steroids. Most other dietary claims have far less behind them.
Treatment
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Network meta-analyses now rank advanced therapies against each other rather than against placebo.
Symptoms
Fatigue is the symptom nobody treats
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Trigger foods are individual
Which is why a scanning app that learns your pattern beats a printed list of foods to avoid.
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