Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
At the 2021 Crohn’s and Colitis Congress, a randomized clinical trial was presented by the University of Pennsylvania. This trial showed remission of Crohn’s by following the Specific Carbohydrate Diet or the Mediterranean diet. In fact, 47% and 44% percent achieved remission after six weeks respectively. Not only were inflammation levels lowered, checked by C-reactive … Read more
Simply defined, night sweats are a symptom of your body changing temperature. Although if you have experienced them, you know it is a bit more complicated than that. This initial change in temperature can be caused by many things, including fever, response to inflammation, and medication. In a study conducted several years ago, nearly 40% … Read more
At the Crohn’s & Colitis Congress in January a new revolutionary medication delivery system was unveiled by SmartTab. They are working towards a wireless ‘smart’ pill that will release at exact points in the gut where you need the medicine the most. This exciting innovation could replace biologics as we know them. It would eliminate … Read more
Easter is an important holiday to people all over the world. It has religious roots and many traditions. As such, it has many food traditions too. Here in the US this includes special foods like lamb with mint jelly, candied ham, deviled eggs, colored eggs, and all sorts of egg or bunny shaped treats and … Read more
Researchers in Germany have found a potential novel biomarker for those who have IBD. With experimentation, they believe it may pave the way for a new possible therapeutic option for those with Crohn’s and Colitis. The KCNN4 channel is known to be involved in inflammatory diseases, and is responsible for epithelial ion transport and intestinal … Read more
Zinc is vital to immune system health, among a host of other things, and zinc deficiency is listed as the 11th largest health risk factor worldwide by the World Health Organization. For those with autoimmune diseases, zinc is the most common micro-deficiency, but often gets overlooked. In a large meta-analysis of 62 (out of over … Read more
BiomX has created a new phage oral therapy that targets specific bacteria, thought to exacerbate symptoms, in the gut of IBD patients. This new possible treatment is in the pipelines, but has shown promising results in its Phase 1 human trials. This new therapy, called BX003, works by using bacteriophages (phages)which are viruses that infect … Read more
Now I’ll admit that when I saw my first recipe using celery root, or celeriac, I was skeptical. It was something I was unfamiliar with, and had no idea what it tasted like. (even though I have a Culinary Arts degree!) Nonetheless, I found celeriac at a specialty food store and gave it a go. … Read more
The Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis has published a study that could lead to a new way of prescribing biologics to those suffering from IBD. Researchers have found two particular strains, one fungal the other bacterial, in the intestines of IBD patients that failed to respond to Infliximab (Remicade). Infliximab is almost always the … Read more
Over the last several decades cashews have gotten a lot of love and attention here in the U.S. In fact, cashews are an ever growing 6-billion-dollar industry. However, since they cannot grow in the North American climate, many Americans don’t know much about this ‘nut’. If I asked you about how they grow, are harvested, … Read more