- 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 the first part of a two-part series, we’ve selected for you the most relevant basic (how does it work) and clinical (what are the benefits for patients) nutrition science in IBD:
Diet is becoming a key pillar both for IBD prevention and management and, when integrated with other treatments, leads to better care for patients with IBD.
- Achieving 50 g of fiber per day not only matters for a better microbiome, but also for shaping systemic inflammation and improving immunotherapy response.
- Consuming two or more servings of fruit daily may modestly reduce the 20-year risk of Crohn’s disease, with a dose-response relationship.
Malnutrition and poor access to healthy foods make it difficult to diagnose and manage IBD: the sooner they are detected and addressed, the better health outcomes.
- 48% of patients with IBD have struggled to obtain groceries due to cost in the last 12 months.
- Teaching kitchens where individuals learn healthy cooking with adapted budgets ➡ improvement in gut health ➡ people more motivated to keep eating better.
If you don’t have a gastrointestinal registered dietitian as part of the multidisciplinary IBD care team, get one!
Benefits of integrating gastrointestinal expert registered dietitians into the multidisciplinary team of IBD are countless:
- ✅ Improved accuracy of diagnosis.
- ✅ Increased efficacy of medications.
- ✅ Working as a collaborative team (not in silos).
- ✅ Low cost of liability insurance and licensure.
- ✅ Improved patient outcomes and clinical success.
- ✅ Reduced healthcare costs and less re-referral rates.
Read our full and extensive highlights with summaries and links to the poster presentations:
