Getting enough nutrients can be challenging when you live with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, especially when symptoms make it difficult to eat, digest, or absorb food.  Over time, these challenges can put people with IBD at risk for malnutrition, a condition tha...

Food became my personal enemy during my freshman year of high school. When a brutal Crohn’s flare hit, I fell into a downward spiral of pain, confusion, and weight loss. My body began to reject all of the foods I once knew and loved, and my diet had whittled down to four foods that I de...