Elemental Diets: Case Studies and Clinical Application for IBD

Hi, Everyone! Live from beautiful- if extremely hot- Phoenix. I’m at the American Association of Naturopathic Physician’s annual conference. As always, I appreciate being with my ND tribe – I share some serious epigenetic marks with these folks. I appreciate the profound brain power of NDs, and of course the strong commitment to changing the health care paradigm.

Below, you’ll see videos from Dr. Gary Weiner, ND. It so happens that I literally just met Gary (like, 20 minutes ago we were chatting it up about stool, breath and organic acid testing for SIBO). But before that, I watched him deliver a terrific lecture on the science & history behind the elemental diet (ED), and as important, his extensive clinical experience of said diet.

Thus, I am sure you’ll find his content on the ED below to be interesting and informative.

Regarding our testing discussion – Gary is all about the breath test for SIBO. He finds it useful for baseline and follow-up. He finds that it correlates with clinical presentation well. He uses stool testing, but not for SIBO. He’s not using organic acids. While I find utility with organic acids (not for SIBO, generally), I agree with him otherwise, DrKF

Elemental Diets: Case Studies and Clinical Application for IBD

Dr. Gary Weiner has been practicing integrative medicine for 20 years. During much of that time, he has helped patients navigate the difficult terrain that is inflammatory bowel by combining conventional and complementary strategies. In the following, he shares his experience using an essential tool in this endeavor – the elemental diet.

Case Studies

Case studies utilizing an elemental diet in the dietary management of IBD.

An Elemental Strategy

A basic elemental strategy with six fundamental steps for implementing the elemental diet, including therapeutic objectives, prescription, monitoring, and the reintroduction of whole foods.