Crohn's Disease (A Journey to Natural Remission)

Crohn’s disease is on the rise worldwide. Scientists suspect the rising incidence of Crohn’s disease is a direct result of the spread of the Western Diet. Patients with Crohn’s disease seem to know this instinctively, and many patients avoid certain foods. Yet, Crohn’s disease in adult patients is rarely treated with dietary intervention. More traditionally, Crohn’s disease is treated with medications, especially since the introduction of the newer biologicals. Only Crohn’s disease in children is regularly treated with dietary intervention and with excellent results. Failure of adult patients to respond to dietary intervention in studies on Crohn’s disease may be a result of poor compliance, although a few studies have reported favorable results from dietary intervention in adult patients with Crohn’s disease. Due to the cost of biologicals used to treat Crohn’s disease and the occurrence of drug failures, even with these state-of the-art drugs, dietary manipulations as a treatment modality for Crohn’s Disease remain an avenue worth exploring.