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Katie Songer

Diets for IBD

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How I Figured Out the Right Diet for My Sensitive Gut

August 27, 2021

This is the Mother of All Elimination Diets.

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Food Porn For Restricted Diets

April 8, 2021

Behold, the food of the gods (of inflammatory bowel disease).

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It’s Only Food If You Can Digest It

May 1, 2019

Ayurveda taught me to understand my body’s food needs.

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How to Help Your Gut Microbiome Heal from Inflammatory Bowel Disease

May 26, 2015

Fermented foods may be key to healing.

The silhouette of a woman standing in front of the sun setting over the ocean, her arms flung back. The image represents the freedom the author felt upon reaching her first ulcerative colitis remission with sauerkraut and kefir.

How Sauerkraut and Kefir Helped Bring My Ulcerative Colitis Into Remission

May 15, 2015

Probiotic foods can be key to healing gut diseases.

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David Klein’s Amazing, Incredible, All-Natural 100% Effective Vegan Diet Plan

November 21, 2014

Too good to be true?

When I Changed My Diet, My Gums Got Healthier

November 17, 2014

Inflammatory diets can cause dental problems.

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Not All “Macrobiotic” Recipes Are Truly Macrobiotic

October 7, 2014

Ill people should beware of certain “macrobiotic” foods.

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Macrobiotics: The Vegan Diet That Helped My Ulcerative Colitis

August 10, 2014

Within a week, I felt better than I had since diagnosis.

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Why I Went Off the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Even Though It Gave Me My Life Back (Sort Of)

June 27, 2014

It improved things, but not enough.

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