Clinician Resource Links

NiMBAL (Nutrition in Immune Balance) defines its mission as "Helping patients, families, and healthcare providers integrate dietary therapy as treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease." NiMBAL is founded by David L. Suskind, MD, of Seattle Children’s Hospital Division of Gastroenterology, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. While NiMBAL discusses the specifics of SCD and EEN, much of the content is relevant to all types of nutritional therapy and is a valuable resource regardless of diet of choice. The website covers a wide array of general nutritional therapy topics including basic IBD information, healthy eating guidelines, food philosophies, how to determine when nutritional therapy is right for you, managing stress, guidelines for followups with the medical team, meal planning, holidays and events, eating outside the house, problems related to diet, and kitchen/food/safety tips.

North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) website for kids with GI issues.

Nestle Medical Hub offers Nutritional Therapy resources to registered clinicians. Resources that pertain to IBD include the following webinars (can be found on the webinar page, select Show Filters, and search on keywords: Inflammatory Bowel Disease):

Dietary Management of Pediatric Crohn's Disease
Therapeutic Diets for Crohn's Disease in an Era of Biologics (Parts 1 and 2)
Therapeutic Diets for IBD: What Is the Evidence? (Lindsey Albenberg, DO)

Switch to the Videos tab and search on Inflammatory Bowel Disease to find the following video:
Crohn's Disease and Peptide-based Diets

NiMBAL (Nutrition in Immune Balance) defines its mission as "Helping patients, families, and healthcare providers integrate dietary therapy as treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease." NiMBAL is founded by David L. Suskind, MD, of Seattle Children’s Hospital Division of Gastroenterology, and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. While NiMBAL discusses the specifics of SCD and EEN, much of the content is relevant to all types of nutritional therapy and is a valuable resource regardless of diet of choice. The website covers a wide array of general nutritional therapy topics including basic IBD information, healthy eating guidelines, food philosophies, how to determine when nutritional therapy is right for you, managing stress, guidelines for followups with the medical team, meal planning, holidays and events, eating outside the house, problems related to diet, and kitchen/food/safety tips.

The PRODUCE study, which stands for Personalized Research on Diet in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease, will compare the effectiveness of a strict Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) versus a modified SCD in reducing symptoms and inflammation in people with IBD. The organizers of this study prepared many resources for participants that are helpful in understanding the basics of the diet.

The study documentation includes specific guidelines for implementing modified SCD, including which foods are added, and how much of these added foods are allowed.

North American Society For Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition (NASPGHAN) website for kids with GI issues.

The PRODUCE study, which stands for Personalized Research on Diet in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease, will compare the effectiveness of a strict Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) versus a modified SCD in reducing symptoms and inflammation in people with IBD. The organizers of this study prepared many resources for participants that are helpful in understanding the basics of the diet.

The study documentation includes specific guidelines for implementing modified SCD, including which foods are added, and how much of these added foods are allowed.

The official website for the IBD-AID diet

Overview of the AIP. Provided background material for the trials studying AIP in IBD.

AIP blog, podcast, features, recipes, meal plans, and communities. Provided background material for the trials studying the use of AIP in IBD.

Nestle-sponsored support website for CDED

Dr. Alessio Fasano, director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment at MGHfC, discusses “Nutrition, Microbiome Composition and Leaky Gut: Clinical and Therapeutic Consequences.”

Podcast discusses good general nutrition guidelines for children with IBD. Lindsey Albenberg, DO, hosts, with dietitians Kim Braly and Nyla Williamson.

Dr. Lindsey Albenberg, a clinician and researcher from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, describes the rapidly increasing incidence of IBD and its relationship to diet, microbiome and the immune system. She reviews the rationale and science supporting the use of dietary therapy to compliment drug therapy as an avenue to potentially achieve higher, more sustainable and possibly safer levels of remission long term in pediatric patients.

• Recent Findings on the Use of Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet in Clinical Practice: Rotem Sigall Boneh, Israel
• How Do Microbes Play a Role in Inflammation and Recovery?: Prof. Johan van Limbergen, The Netherlands
• How Do Food Additives Play a Role in Inflammation?: Dr. Benoit Chassaing, France
• How Do Fibres Play a Role in Inflammation and Recovery? Prof. Eytan Wine, Canada

An overview of the prevalence of IBD, its pathogenesis, and the role of diet as both a risk factor and a treatment for IBD. The post-presentation discussion between Dr. Cohen and Dr. Konijeti provides insight into some of the relevant issues of the clinical application of nutrition including the following: Why Patients Are Interested In Dietary Treatment When It Is Appropriate The Science Behind Available Dietary Options Role of Diet in Combination with Medication Overview of the Challenges In Diet Treatment. Sponsored by Nestlé Health Science.

In this video, Amy Donegan, CPNP-PC, discusses misconception of exclusive enteral nutrition therapy in the pediatric Crohn disease population.

In this presentation from the Nursing and Advanced Practice Track at the 2018 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Amy N. Donegan discusses nutrition therapy for the treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

In this video, Amy Donegan, CPNP-PC, discusses exclusive enteral nutrition therapy and whether it is used enough in the pediatric Crohn disease population.

At the NTforIBD Nutritional Symposium prepared for NASPGHAN2021, Professor Day provides insight into the important role of EEN, an underutilized option to both induce remission and improve outcomes in complicated and peri-operative patients.

Presentation starts in Hebrew, but switches to English at about the 1 minute mark.

Dr. Dale Lee, Director of the Seattle Children's Celiac Program, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's. NTforIBD comment: Even though the title of the presentation refers to SCD and EEN, Dr Lee also discusses the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), the Semi-Vegetarian Diet (SVD), and CD-TREAT, along with homemade EEN smoothies. In the Q&A at the end, he discusses different ways to transition from EEN to a therapeutic diet.

In this presentation from the Pediatric Track at the 2017 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference, Dr. David Suskind discusses the latest advances in the use of nutrition for therapy in pediatric Crohn's disease.

Dr. David Suskind researches the specific carbohydrate diet, a low-side effect IBD treatment that has the potential to normalize labs, transform the fecal microbiome and put patients into clinical remission. Our Rainin IBD website showcases our research grantees and the progress they are making.

Dr. David Suskind, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's.

In this video Dr. Dale Lee discusses his research regarding Reverse-Engineering Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (RE-EEN) with the making of a whole-food based smoothie, based on principles of the specific carbohydrate diet, that is comparable in macronutrients and micronutrients to formulas used for exclusive enteral nutritional (EEN) therapy in Crohn's disease. He shows that whole food based smoothies can effectively treat Crohn's disease and lead to greater microbial diversity than commercial formula's.

Lindsey Albenberg, DO, and dietitian Nyla Williamson discuss the use of EEN and PEN for pediatric IBD patients.

Nestlé Health Science Satellite Symposium at WCPGHAN 2021

• Welcome and Introduction: Prof. Paolo Lionetti, Italy
• Nutritional Therapy for Pediatric Crohn's Disease in the Era of Biologics: Prof. Franck Ruemmele, France
• Dietary Strategies for the Treatment of Crohn's Disease in 2021 & Beyond: Prof. Arie Levine, Israel

In this video, Dr. Robert N. Baldassano presents: "Can Nutritional Therapy be Used on a Practical Basis for Maintenance?"

At the NTforIBD Nutritional Symposium prepared for NASPGHAN2021, Professor Day provides insight into the important role of EEN, an underutilized option to both induce remission and improve outcomes in complicated and peri-operative patients.

Lindsey Albenberg, DO, and dietitian Nyla Williamson discuss the use of EEN and PEN for pediatric IBD patients.

In this video, Dr. Robert N. Baldassano presents: "Can Nutritional Therapy be Used on a Practical Basis for Maintenance?"

Dr. Dale Lee, Director of the Seattle Children's Celiac Program, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's. NTforIBD comment: Even though the title of the presentation refers to SCD and EEN, Dr Lee also discusses the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), the Semi-Vegetarian Diet (SVD), and CD-TREAT, along with homemade EEN smoothies. In the Q&A at the end, he discusses different ways to transition from EEN to a therapeutic diet.

In this presentation from the Pediatric Track at the 2017 Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases conference, Dr. David Suskind discusses the latest advances in the use of nutrition for therapy in pediatric Crohn's disease.

Dr. David Suskind researches the specific carbohydrate diet, a low-side effect IBD treatment that has the potential to normalize labs, transform the fecal microbiome and put patients into clinical remission. Our Rainin IBD website showcases our research grantees and the progress they are making.

Dr. David Suskind, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's.

In this video Dr. Dale Lee discusses his research regarding Reverse-Engineering Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (RE-EEN) with the making of a whole-food based smoothie, based on principles of the specific carbohydrate diet, that is comparable in macronutrients and micronutrients to formulas used for exclusive enteral nutritional (EEN) therapy in Crohn's disease. He shows that whole food based smoothies can effectively treat Crohn's disease and lead to greater microbial diversity than commercial formula's.

Dr. James Lewis, a leading expert on inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), who was joined by patient Andrea Meyer, to discuss these conditions that affect 3.1 million Americans, spoke with Michelle Tompkins about the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation to discuss the conditions, treatments and a new study that could help many people.

Listen to Dr. George's speech by one of Wellbees' seminars about his experience with patients that follow the SCD Diet.

Lindsey Albenberg and dietitian Kim Braly discuss the use of the Specific Carbohydrate Diet in pediatric patients with IBD.

Guest: Raman Prasad

Guest: Samir Kakodkar, MD

Guest: Stephanie Colo Manning

Dr. Ana Maldonado-Contreras, a lead researcher in IBD-AID explains the relationship between diet, microbiome and immune function with the design and rational of IBD-AID to manipulate the microbiome. She shares the recently published data of the impact of IBD-AID on the microbiome and cytokine levels specific to food components.

Searching the microbiome for clues to managing inflammatory bowel disease

Mauro's guests are Barbara Olendzki and  Joshua Shi who are here to tell us about Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Barbara Olendzki, RD, MPH, studies how diet affects the microbiome and overall health. She explains the science in a new Voices of UMassMed podcast.

Guest: Barbara Olendzki, RD

Guests: Gauree Konijeti, MD, and Angela Alt

In this episode we talk all about the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet for autoimmune disease and the study on the efficacy of the Autoimmune Protocol for inflammatory bowel disease done by Dr. Konijeti.

Interview with Arie Levine, MD. Dietary discussion begins at 31 minutes.

Dr. Dale Lee, Director of the Seattle Children's Celiac Program, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's. NTforIBD comment: Even though the title of the presentation refers to SCD and EEN, Dr Lee also discusses the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), the Semi-Vegetarian Diet (SVD), and CD-TREAT, along with homemade EEN smoothies. In the Q&A at the end, he discusses different ways to transition from EEN to a therapeutic diet.

Nestlé Health Science Satellite Symposium at WCPGHAN 2021

• Welcome and Introduction: Prof. Paolo Lionetti, Italy
• Nutritional Therapy for Pediatric Crohn's Disease in the Era of Biologics: Prof. Franck Ruemmele, France
• Dietary Strategies for the Treatment of Crohn's Disease in 2021 & Beyond: Prof. Arie Levine, Israel

In this video, Dr. Robert N. Baldassano presents: "Can Nutritional Therapy be Used on a Practical Basis for Maintenance?"

Rotem Sigall Boneh, RD, a primary researcher and developer of CDED, provides an overview of the accumulating data with CDED in combination with PEN, including the newly published results of adult data with important endoscopic findings and further shares real world experience and application of nutritional therapy.

What do leading IBD experts say about the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED)? Learn more from the experts behind the diet and the clinical trials in the video from the first "CDED Expert" training day that took place in Copenhagen, March 2019.

Dr. Lihi Godny discusses the use of the Mediterranean Diet for IBD, including exciting new data from her ongoing research. The presentation includes the following:

• The geographical and cultural differences in the Mediterranean Diet (MED)
• How MED can be used in IBD both in prevention and treatment
• The Effects of MED on
  • Symptoms
  • Inflammatory Markers
  • Quality of life
  • Overall mortality
  • Microbiome
• The IBDMED educational program
• Adopting MED as a sustainable lifestyle, not a diet

Dr. Dale Lee, Director of the Seattle Children's Celiac Program, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's. NTforIBD comment: Even though the title of the presentation refers to SCD and EEN, Dr Lee also discusses the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), the Semi-Vegetarian Diet (SVD), and CD-TREAT, along with homemade EEN smoothies. In the Q&A at the end, he discusses different ways to transition from EEN to a therapeutic diet.

In this video, Dr. Robert N. Baldassano presents: "Can Nutritional Therapy be Used on a Practical Basis for Maintenance?"

Dr. Dale Lee, Director of the Seattle Children's Celiac Program, discusses Exclusive Enteral Nutrition and the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at Seattle Children's. NTforIBD comment: Even though the title of the presentation refers to SCD and EEN, Dr Lee also discusses the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), the Semi-Vegetarian Diet (SVD), and CD-TREAT, along with homemade EEN smoothies. In the Q&A at the end, he discusses different ways to transition from EEN to a therapeutic diet.

Drs. Gerasimidis and Svolos discuss their manuscript entitled "Treatment of Active Crohn’s Disease With an Ordinary Food-based Diet That Replicates Exclusive Enteral Nutrition."

This tri-fold brochure provides information about our organization, illustrates options available to patients, and provides info on the Patient Pathway for patients to learn more about nutritional therapy.

Letter-sized flyer with information about Nutritional Therapy for IBD

Slideshow presentation for the presentation Fecal Microbial Transformation: Diet as Therapy in IBD by David L. Suskind, MD.

This brochure can be downloaded and printed for distribution to patients who may be interested in participating in the Melody Trial. Trial description: We are seeking pregnant women to participate in a trial that will evaluate the efficacy of diet intervention during the third trimester of pregnancy. This study's goal is to determine if manipulation of the mother's microbiome, through diet, would benefit their baby. The diet aims to promote a healthier immune system during a critical time of immune system development.

Information on a study to find out if dietary intervention by either the Mediterranean Diet or Specific Carbohydrate Diet will help improve UC symptoms - from Massachusetts General Hospital

Excerpt from Product Marketing: Nutrition in Immune Balance (NIMBAL) therapy is a standardized method to incorporate dietary therapy into the current medical paradigm. With friendly, practical advice, tips, and recipes, this groundbreaking book supports IBD patients, families and healthcare providers alike who want to pursue dietary interventions.

NTforIBD Note: The nutritional therapy discussed in this book is SCD, but the approaches and information apply equally to other therapeutic diets.

This comic book explains IBD, pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies, and the microbiome to kids via an entertaining comic adventure that is free to download in many languages. Hard copies can also be purchased.

For Dietitians: This continuing education course examines the evidence that the SCD may be used to support clients with IBD and explores how the SCD compares with other evidence-based nutritional therapies for IBD.

Register for a structured medical training designed for healthcare professional learning.
✓ Learn more about the principles of the CDED and the clinical data in support of this novel dietary approach
✓ Available online in e-learning format
✓ Complete the 4 modules to become a certified ModuLife expert
✓ Once complete, you will have the ability to add patients to the ModuLife patient support platform

On-site Training

Presenters describe the International Organization for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IOIBD) expert opinion on dietary guidance for IBD; review food groups, dietary components, and food additives selected as the most important to address with patients; and discuss implementation of a CDED with patients in clinical practice. FREE continuing education: 1.0 RN CE; 1.0 RD CPEU

While credit is for dietitians and nurses, content may be useful to interested physicians as well.

This course discusses Crohn’s Disease (CD) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in pediatric patients and evidence on the role of nutrition. It also reviews challenges associated with various treatment methods, including nutrition, and best-in-class approaches to treating pediatric patients with CD.
(Continuing Education Units: 1.0 Nurse Contact Hours, 1.0 Dietitian CPEU)

While credit is for dietitians and nurses, content may be useful to interested physicians as well.

This course reviews new evidence for nutrition intervention in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). It also discusses best practice approaches as part of clinical case studies that incorporate nutrition.
(Continuing Education Units: 1.0 Nurse Contact Hours, 1.0 Dietitian CPEU)

While credit is for dietitians and nurses, content may be useful to interested physicians as well.