Though it's been known that diet modification has effect in curing certain gastric problems, it was underestimated due to lack of evidence. A recent study provided significant evidence on diet therapy with specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) for treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) involves chronic idiopathic inflammation of all or part of digestive tract associated with fecal dysbiosis. It primarily includes ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
It can be debilitating and sometimes leads to life-threatening complications. Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes long-lasting inflammation and sores (ulcers) in the innermost lining of the large intestine (colon) and rectum. Crohn's disease is an IBD that cause inflammation of the lining of digestive tract. In Crohn's disease, inflammation often spreads deep into affected…
