Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek segment called Ask a Nutritionist.

My name is Brittany Vincent, to them are registered and licensed dietitian at Nutrition

Weight and Wellness.

And on today's show, I will be

answering a listener's question. And the question is lymphocytic colitis, what dietary

modifications besides pre and probiotics can assist with this condition. So first of all, I want to tell you about what lymphocytic colitis is. Then I'll

dive into what dietary modifications and even some supplements that could be helpful.

Lymphocytic colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease, shortened IBD, that causes chronic inflammation to the colon.

There are different types of colitis, and lymphocytic colitis is a type of microscopic colitis.

The other type of microscopic colitis is collagenous colitis. All the names get confusing. I totally understand that.

But these two types are called microscopic colitis because they can only be seen under a microscope.

The colon lining will actually appear totally normal during a colonoscopy,

but these types of colitis will be discovered during a biopsy. They can affect the colon

differently, but they're generally treated the same. Symptoms can include frequent, watery diarrhea,

cramping, abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue, and then sometimes

joint pain, eye inflammation, and skin rashes might happen as well. And then there is another

kind of colitis called ulcerative colitis. This causes the colon lining to appear inflamed and ulcerated. The symptoms are

similar, but ulcerative colitis can cause blood or mucus in the stool, and that is not typically

seen with the types of microscopic colitis. And again, all of these are a type of inflammatory bowel disease, IBD.

Along with colitis Crohn's is another type of inflammatory bowel disease.

And Crohn's can affect any part of the digestive tract,

but typically affects the small intestine and beginning of the

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