Samir Kakodkar's guest appearances

Samir Kakodkar

Against the Grain

Jack Kruse

Scott Sherr

Shukul Kachwalla

Vikram Chauhan

Mycobacterium Avium

Michael Briggs

Joshua Bradley

Garin Aglietti

Saffron Cassaday

Stephanie Colo Manning

Raman Prasad

Judy Herod

Elaine Gottschall

Ayurvedic Seton

OwlTail

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.pdfMy case series on diet and IBD can be found here:http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-scd-2015.pdf

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: <a href="http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-2017.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-2017.pdf</a> My case series on diet and IBD can be found here: <a href="http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-scd-2015.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scdrecipe.com/scd-uploads/studies/kakodkar-scd-2015.pdf</a>

IBD, Diet and Medical Therapy -- The Middle Path: Samir Kakodkar, MD