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Transitioning to a Plant-Based Diet: Tips From an Expert

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Transitioning to a plant-based diet, especially when you have IBD, will require some planning.

For the longest time, I remember fiber being the sworn enemy of someone who has Crohn’s Disease or Ulcerative Colitis.

In fact, the suggestion to go on a low-fiber diet when you have IBD is often one of the first ones you’ll hear – but is that the best thing to do?

In this post, I’d like to go over some environmental risk factors associated with IBD.

Every time misinformation about IBD hits the media, you can be sure that the entire IBD community is up in arms – and rightly so! This happened today after BBC reported that junk food may be the cause of Crohn’s. What?? Junk food is the cause of Crohn’s disease??

Environmental Risk Factors for IBD

Diet and IBD: What the research says