What is IBD?
Home Education What is IBD?
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Introduction
Our bodies have many internal systems that keep us healthy and living. One of these is our immune system which helps prevent and fight off infection, protecting us from serious illness. It keeps us from getting simple infections, like the kind…
The fecal microbiome is a diverse ecology, like the amazon jungle or the Great Barrier Reef. We are just beginning to learn what this means for our overall health and wellbeing. When we think of the fecal microbiome, we think of a world with a multitude of different organisms with different functions. Just like we…
Types of IBD
Home Education What is IBD? Types of IBD
What are the types of inflammatory bowel disease?
Two main subtypes of IBD exist: Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Both are characterized by an attack on the bowels by the immune system, causing the harmful inflammation in IBD. The two subtypes differ in…
Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN)
Home Education What is IBD? Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN)
Exclusive Enteral Nutrition
Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) involves treating patients with a completely liquid diet, using formula and formula alone to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). EEN has significant amount of research and support behind it! It leads to high rates…
Nutritional Therapy
Home Education What is IBD? Nutritional Therapy
Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) formula based diet
Nutritional therapy has been successfully used to treat Crohn’s disease for over four decades. This therapy has not only been extremely effective, but it has similar remission rates as steroids, a potent immune modulator. Nutritional therapy usually means…
Genetics and Environment
Home Education What is IBD? Genetics and Environment
Why does IBD occur: Genetics and Environment
The role of genes in developing IBD
Genes, genetic markers, contribute to the development of inflammatory bowel disease. Over 200 genetic risk markers that can lead to IBD have already been identified.
The most common gene…