Can Dietary Approaches Completely Resolve Crohn’s Disease?

What’s performing best in evidence-based treatment for this inflammatory bowel disease is straight-forward dietary advice that keeps symptoms in remission. 

Studies indicate that a diet rich in plants is a superior way to keep Crohn's disease in remission and possibly to prevent it in the first place. Shutterstock

The mystery of Crohn’s disease is rapidly evaporating under the weight of research showing its relationship to the standard American diet.

Plenty of evidence connects certain foods to damage in the lining of the gastrointestinal tract. Could that mean that there’s a way to resolve Crohn’s symptoms by simply changing what we eat?