re diet for crohn s ibd in article r g finne ceti cs unc edu jge cs unc edu john eyles writes a friend has what is apparently a fairly minor case of crohn s disease but she can t seem to eat certain foods such as fresh vegetables without discomfort and of course she wants to avoid a recurrence her question is are there any nutritionists who specialize in the problems of people with crohn s disease i saw the suggestion of lipoxygnase inhibitors like tea and turmeric thanks in advance john eyles all your friend really has to do is find a registered dietician rd while most work in hospitals and clinics many major cities will have rd s who are in private practice so to speak many physicans will refer their patients with crohn s disease to rd s for dietary help if you can get your friend s physician to make a referral medical insurance should pay for the rd s services just like the services of a physical therapist the better medical insurance plans will cover this but even if your friend s plan doesn t it would be well worth the cost to get on a good diet to control the intestinal discomfort and help the intestinal lining heal crohn s disease is an inflammatory disease of the intestinal lining and lipoxygenase inhibitors may help by decreasing leukotriene formation but i m not aware of tea or turmeric containing lipoxygenase inhibitors for bad inflammation steroids are used but for a mild case the side effects are not worth the small benefit gained by steroid use upjohn is developing a new lipoxygenase inhibitor that should greatly help deal with inflammatory diseases but it s not available yet marty b
