Guideline for Nutrition and Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Background and Objective

Which foods to eat and which to avoid is an important topic to patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). To date, no medical society has published any guideline on this topic. Now, a working group of the IOIBD has examined the best available evidence and provided expert consensus recommendations.

Key Recommendations

• In patients with ulcerative colitis:

  • Reduce consumption of red meat.

  • Reduce consumption of myristic acid (palm oil, coconut oil, dairy fats).

  • Increase consumption of omega-3 fatty acids but only from marine fish (not from supplements).

• In patients with Crohn disease (CD):

  • Increase the amount of fru…