Letter From the Editors 

Welcome to the November Newsletter!

We strive to keep you up to date on the latest information in nutrition in IBD. 

Each month we cover new research, conference updates, and provide tips, tricks, and recipes to help manage Crohn’s and colitis. 

This month, we’ll cover:
✅ Upcoming Conference Schedule  - Look for us!
✅ Nutrition Tips and Tricks for IBD and Overlapping Conditions!
✅ Research Highlights
✅ Preparing for Thanksgiving with Recipes and Tips
✅ Our 2024 Year in Review report

✅ Giving Tuesday

Let's dive in! 

Upcoming Conference Schedule - Look for us!

We participate in several international conferences a year engaging gastroenterologists, dietitians, nurses, physician assistants, and patients to learn more about nutrition as part of IBD care. If you’ll be attending any of these upcoming events, please stop by so we can connect in person!

• December 9-11. We will be at Advances in IBD (AIBD)  in Orlando, Florida - our first. Visit us at Booth 347! 
• February 6-8 we will be at Crohn’s and Colitis Congress in San Francisco. California- our seventh consecutive year. 
• February 19-22 you will find us at the European Crohn’s Colitis Organization (ECCO) ‘ 25 conference in Berlin, Germany for our second consecutive year.

Nutrition Tips and Tricks for
IBD and Overlapping Conditions

In August 2024, Nutritional Therapy for IBD attended FOOD The Main Course Conference virtually, covering a range of topics relevant to patients with IBD.

Here is what’s relevant in the dietary management of conditions that mimic or co-occur with IBD, including IBD-related surgeries:

IBS is not the final diagnosis 👉 common causes of diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and distension in patients with IBD include:

🔸contraction of the diaphragm and relaxation of the abdominal wall

🔸sucrase-isomaltase deficiency

🔸mast cell activation syndrome

🔸gynecologic conditions

Food is complicated 👉 multiple triggers might overlap to worsen gastrointestinal symptoms

💡A GI dietitian is the best educated to guide you on what is in food that may or more likely may not be triggering your gut symptoms 

Source: Kate Scarlata presentation at the Food Main Course.

Patients with IBD who are undergoing surgery are at ⬆ nutritional risk, similar to oncologic patients

🔸Personalization is preferred over omission of foods before surgery

🔸IBD-related surgeries can ⬆ the risk of dehydration

🔸Shift the focus from recommending “avoid fiber” to “choose the right fiber textures”

Research Highlights 

💡Food intolerances are common in patients with bile acid diarrhea.

Bile acid diarrhea is common in ileal Crohn’s disease or after an ileal resection.

New paper identifies major food triggers in adults with bile acid diarrhea:

🍔 meals with a higher fat content

🧀 higher-fat dairy products

🍎 large quantities of fruit

💡A catered ⬇ fat, ⬆ fiber diet for 8 weeks can partly ameliorate deficiencies in gut microbiome in patients with Crohn’s disease with colon involvement.

This diet offers a new, hopeful option for managing Crohn’s disease symptoms and improving patients’ quality of life.

Preparing for Thanksgiving
With Recipes and Tips

Visit our recipe finder and filter on Thanksgiving recipes to find the best holiday recipes. Like this honey pecan pie that will let you forget that there was ever any other kind. 

Watch the video we made last year in  collaboration with the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation discussing helpful tips and concerns for eating around the holidays. 

2024 Year in Review

This work is only possible through heavy volunteerism and the significant collaborations and contributions of many of you! Take a look and see what we’ve done together this year! 

Giving Tuesday 

Your support helps us develop and provide vital nutrition resources to patients living with IBD. This year, thanks to a generous matching donor, your gift will be doubled! Every dollar donated this Giving Tuesday goes twice as far in bringing hope and resources to those who need it most.

To Our Readers

Know someone with IBD looking for information on evidence-based nutritional therapy? Feel free to forward them this email!

Thank you, and see you next month!

The Nutritional Therapy for IBD Team

At Nutritional Therapy for IBD, we are grateful for the collaboration and support of our Corporate Partners!

*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.*