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Sophie Medlin
Digestive Health UK
Can diet affect ibd?
Sophie Medlin explains that diet affects IBD in a big way from a symptom perspective. While IBD can’t be cured with diet, it can help people to manage their symptoms, which can be lifechanging.
Transcript
Diet can absolutely affect IBD, certainly from a symptom perspective. And, the thing to remember is that we really can't cure IBD with diet, and there's no dietary changes that can significantly affect the disease itself. But, what we can certainly do with diet is help people to manage their symptoms. And, as anyone with IBD will tell you symptom control with IBD really is life changing and can make a big difference to people. So, absolutely diet can make a big difference to IBD.