crohn's dz. should we recommend eating fiber???
in an observational study, researchers found that there was a decrease in Crohn's disease flares in those on higher fiber diets (see crohn's dz eat fiber clingastrohep2015 in dropbox, or doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2015.12.029 ). details: --1619 patients in the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America Partners Internet cohort (an online database of more than 14,000 people with inflammatory bowel disease, IBD) completed a 26-item dietary survey. the study was limited to those in remission at baseline, with a follow-up survey 6 months later --1130 patients had Crohn's disease-- CD (30% male, 46% had surgery, 53% had disease >10 years, mean fiber intake 16 g/d, 22% with flare at followup assessment, 6% on steroids, 65% on immunosupp ressants , 69% on aminosalicylates and 68% on biologicals), and 489 had ulcerative colitis -- UC (31% male, 4% had surgery, 43% had disease >10 years, mean fiber intake...