How a Vegan Diet Helps Crohn's Disease
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
4.9 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Millions are living with the painful symptoms of Crohn's disease, but they may find relief by eating a vegan diet.
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, Dr. Alan Desmond talks about the global surge of Crohn's disease that occurred as more and more people began eating the high-fat, high-calorie, and highly processed standard Western diet. Moreover, he and "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll discuss the way in which a plant-based diet can reverse the unhealthy trend and possibly even the diagnosis of Crohn's! Dr. Desmond also delves into the science behind how a high-fiber diet creates a healthy environment in the gut and shares some successful cases of patients with Crohn's who have seen dramatic improvements.
Chuck also examines how COVID-19 can affect the heart when he is joined by Dr. Columbus Batiste. The pair discuss new studies showing the ways in which the virus can cause inflammation of the heart muscle and lining as well as the possibility that the damage will be permanent.
Plus, Dr. Batiste talks about The Slave Food Project, which explores the "weaponization of food in the creation of health disparities in African American communities irrespective of income."
Dr. Desmond will be speaking at the International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine.
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Dr. Alan Desmond
Twitter: @DrAlanDesmond
IG: @dr.alandesmond
Happy Gut Course: https://bit.ly/happygutcourse
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Dr. Columbus Batiste
Twitter: @iamhealthyheart
Slave Food Project: https://www.slavefood.org
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Studies
Crohn's disease remission with a plant-based diet: A case report: http://tinyurl.com/CDREMISSION
Evolving role of diet in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases: http://tinyurl.com/GutPaper
Recommendation of plant-based diets for inflammatory bowel disease: http://tinyurl.com/IBDCHIBA
Dietary guidance from the international organization for the study of inflammatory bowel diseases: http://tinyurl.com/IBDGUIDELINE
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | These conditions, particularly crawl leads, |
| 0:02.1 | used to be really quite rare. |
| 0:04.5 | When we look at countries that are now industrialized |
| 0:09.1 | and are westernized in their diet and lifestyle, |
| 0:11.7 | we see that these conditions, these inflammatory bowel diseases, |
| 0:15.3 | just like heart disease and type of diabetes and hyperibus, |
| 0:18.3 | rather than the start to appear. |
| 0:20.1 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:29.9 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast. |
| 0:31.8 | Brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:33.8 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:36.7 | Thanks so much for giving the show a listen, |
| 0:38.9 | or a view, or a download. |
| 0:41.7 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, |
| 0:44.3 | we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:49.9 | Today's show is going to be devoted to the gut. |
| 0:54.5 | Specifically, we're going to be talking about Crohn's disease. |
| 0:59.5 | We haven't really had an opportunity yet |
| 1:02.0 | to talk much about this on the show. |
| 1:04.1 | So I am thrilled to be joined by Dr. Allen Desmond. |
| 1:09.3 | He is here, specializes in gastroenterology. |
| 1:14.7 | He is here to tell us about Crohn's disease, |
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