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Bowel Disease: Changing Your Diet

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Overview

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are types of inflammatory bowel disease. What you eat doesn't increase the inflammation that causes your disease. But some types of foods, such as high-fiber fruits and vegetables, may make your symptoms worse.

No one diet is right for everyone with an inflammatory bowel disease. Foods that bother one person may not bother another. Your diet has to be tailored for you.


How to eat when you have inflammatory bowel disease


Credits for Bowel Disease: Changing Your Diet

Current as of: September 20, 2023

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