Welcome to the August Newsletter! Each month we analyze all the latest studies and resources relevant to nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Then we summarize them and bring you everything you need to know about using nutritional therapy to help manage Crohn’s and colitis.
This month, we’ll cover:
Back to school : Why a 504 plan is important and recipes to give your kids a great start of the day!
August is SBS Awareness month - Check out this new brochure.
The highlights from DDW Part 2 - read the summary and click through to the full version on our website.
The most useful diets + IBD tweets of the month.
Get Involved - Check out how you can help!
P.S. We’ve designed this mail so that clinicians and patients can skip to the parts most relevant to them. Skim-read away!
Empowering Students with IBD: Understanding the 504 Plan
For students with IBD, navigating school can be challenging, but a 504 Plan can help ensure academic success and well-being.
Learn how this customizable plan offers accommodations like flexible attendance, unlimited restroom access, and more, empowering students to succeed academically while managing their condition.
With proper planning and collaboration with school administration, having a 504 plan can reduce some of the barriers your child may face at school and allow them to thrive academically.
Find out more about the 504 Plan for U.S. students, and make this their best year yet!
AUGUST is Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) Awareness Month.
Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a condition that occurs when a significant portion of the small intestine is missing or not functioning properly.
The small intestine is responsible for absorbing nutrients, electrolytes, and fluids from the food we eat. When too much of it is removed or damaged, the body can no longer absorb these substances effectively, leading to malnutrition, dehydration, and other health problems. Patients with IBD who had a surgical removal of damaged sections of the intestine may develop SBS.
Patients, experts, clinicians and several of our partner organizations have come together to create this informative Fact-Sheet about SBS, with helpful information and links to resources for patients and their loved ones.
Visit the SBS resource pages on the websites or our organizational partners IFFGD and UOOA.
DDW 2024 Nutritional Highlights Part 2
From 18-21 May 2024, our team was back at the leading event sharing the latest research in digestive diseases in Washington DC, USA.
In this second part of a two-part series, we’ve summarized for you the latest research on dietary interventions for managing IBS symptoms and the role of probiotics and direct-to-consumer microbiome tests in IBD:
💡 Patients with Crohn’s disease may benefit from a catered low-fat, high-fiber diet for improving symptoms, inflammation and quality of life:
The Mi-IBD diet emphasizes consuming fruits, vegetables, and other soluble and insoluble fiber sources while avoiding fried foods and excessive animal products.
This new diet offers a new, easy-to-follow diet that works even in the short term for managing Crohn's disease symptoms.
💡 A pair of 5-day cycles of a low-calorie, plant-based diet may improve clinical response to medication in patients with active ulcerative colitis:
After 8 weeks, patients with ulcerative colitis following the diet improved the severity of symptoms, well-being, blood in stool, and urgency.
Inflammation in patients with active ulcerative colitis responded to a short-defined diet mimicking fasting.
💡 Not all FODMAPs are the same - two new studies found fructans and galacto-oligosacharides were the most common culprits for recurrent IBS symptoms:
Fructans and galacto-oligosacharides were the two FODMAP groups most likely to trigger recurrent IBS-like symptoms.
A FODMAP-simple diet that only restricts fructans and galacto-oligosaccharides for 4 weeks had similar efficacy and was better tolerated than a low FODMAP diet in patients with IBS with diarrhea.
💡 Current level of application of microbiome-directed personalized nutrition advice in IBD is limited:
Weak evidence suggests probiotics may induce remission in active ulcerative colitis, although effects across specific strains are inconsistent.
Data for the use of probiotics in Crohn’s disease is limited.
The results of direct-to-consumer microbiome tests may not guide the best diet or food supplements for improving gut health or preventing IBD.
Did you miss the first part of DDW 2024 on the latest research on diet for IBD prevention, food insecurity in IBD, and where to find a gastrointestinal dietitian?
Want to know how you can help us? Check out our Get involved page! We have several ways to promote Nutritional Therapy and support our organization.
Currently we are also looking for a Volunteer in graphic design. This role is ideal for someone who wants to use their creative skills to support a worthy cause and gain valuable experience in the field.
At Nutritional Therapy for IBD, we are grateful for the collaboration and support of our Corporate Partners. Through their partnership, we can work together to improve the lives and outcomes of patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
*Please note that Nutritional Therapy for IBD does not provide medical advice. The content provided here is for informational purposes only. Patients should always talk with their healthcare providers before changing their diet.*
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