by Colleen Webb, MS, RDN
This week I spent 20 glorious minutes to myself reading a fascinating article about the gut microbiome. Heads up: like so many things involving the gut microbiome and nutrition, we still have a lot to learn. None of these findings are likely to change how you eat or...
by Colleen Webb, MS, RDN
“Just stir some Benefiber into your water.” 🤦♀️ Like most scrolling, I’m not sure how I ended up on this particular Instagram reel where a bunch of gastroenterologists were sharing tips on how to get more fiber in one’s diet. Their consensus?...
by Colleen Webb, MS, RDN
A dietitian reached out recently about a Crohn’s patient she’s working with, specifically asking for recommendations for someone with an isolated perianal fistula but no GI symptoms. It’s a question I don’t get asked often enough, but one worth...
by Colleen Webb, MS, RDN
In 15 years of working with people with IBD, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, not one person has ever told me they feel better when they eat out. Not. A. One. The overwhelming majority report the opposite — they almost always feel better when...
by Colleen Webb, MS, RDN
You know what baffles me? Why we ever decided to teach people with IBD to think about food in terms of “soluble” versus “insoluble” fiber. I’ll be honest. I’ve used those terms plenty of times with my patients. But fiber is so much more complex than that....
by Colleen Webb, MS, RDN
Researchers are still trying to understand why many people with Crohn’s disease flare despite effective therapies. A new study in Gastroenterology suggests diet may be part of the picture. Researchers looked at dietary patterns, gut microbes, and other markers of gut...
