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Experts from the European Institute of Biomedicine (IEB) recommend that patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who try to avoid stress and proinflammatory certain foods like red meats, cow’s milk, flour, refined, simple sugars and trans fat ‘in order to reduce the occurrence of crisis.

According to this expert group said on the occasion of World Day for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which is celebrated on the 27th May, 25 percent of new cases of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease diagnosed in the hospitals were in people younger 18 and for processing, propose to modify the usual diet as “beat up the inflammatory processes of any kind and helps reduce the consumption of drugs.” “Inflammatory or restrictive diets have a central role since it can have a positive impact on the evolution of processes, reduce crises and improving the nutritional status of the patient,” explains José Francisco Tinao, medical director of the IEB, also highlighting the importance of detoxification programs that facilitate the work of the liver and the elimination of toxic compounds.

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