IBD, Diet and Medical Therapy -- The Middle Path: Samir Kakodkar, MD
Against the Grain
English - February 17, 2019 18:32 - 1 hour - 83.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 51 ratingsMedicine Health & Fitness disease crohn's ulcerative colitis diet samir Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After 10 years of researching the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and implementing it along with other dietary therapies clinically, I wanted to share some of the insights I've gained along the way. I present the major findings of my research studies including brand new, exciting results from the SCD microbiome analysis. I also discuss my approach to co-managing diet along with medical therapy for Crohn's and colitis. For too long there have been two warring factions: 1) those that only believe in diet with a conspiratorial distrust of the pharmaceutical industry and 2) those that believe diet has nothing to do with IBD and think diet only influences symptoms. I believe there is value to using both diet and medication depending on a patient's unique circumstances. My wish is to finally bridge this gap with the goal of attaining optimal quality of life for my patients. I call this approach The Middle Path, a reference to the Buddhist teaching for attaining liberation.
My most recent review article on diet and IBD can be found at this link:
http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-2017.pdf
My case series on diet and IBD can be found here:
http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-scd-2015.pdf