September 2024
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
The concept of using diet as therapy in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is of interest to clinicians and patients. Once considered to play a minor role, diet is now known to affect not only disease onset but may also serve as a therapeutic tool for inducing and maintaining remission and improv ing surgical outcomes. Further research is needed to fully elucidate how , and in whom diet therapies may be best applied to improve clinical and disease outcomes. The aim of this review is to summarize current research findings and serve as a tool to help facilitate patient clinician conversations.