Severe flare-ups are one of the greatest challenges of living with ulcerative colitis (UC). One option to try alongside your usual treatments is a low-residue diet. Its meant to reduce the amount of ...

Certain food additives are linked to intestinal inflammation. Learn what foods to limit and how to build a gut-friendly diet.

A new ulcerative colitis diagnosis can feel overwhelming—but with thoughtful food choices, lifestyle strategies and expert-backed guidance, you can manage flares and feel more like yourself again.

The MVP of summer fruit, sweet and juicy watermelon is perfectly refreshing all on its own. But by simply adding cucumbers, mint, red onion, and tangy feta with a very simple vinaigrette (just olive ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 64-year-old female who is in moderate health. After a monthslong bout of diarrhea, blood work, and a colonoscopy, I've been diagnosed with microscopic colitis. After a round of ...

The Mediterranean diet is known as the healthiest in the world because it isn’t truly a diet, but rather a lifestyle that prescribes a lot of what we should eat, and a little of what we shouldn’t, ...

While there’s no specific "ulcerative colitis diet" that's been shown to reduce the frequency of flares in UC, the eating style referred to as the Mediterranean diet has been recommended by the ...

Among patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who develop colorectal cancer (CRC), greater background mucosal inflammation at the time of CRC diagnosis is associated with progressively worse survival ...

Sugar consumption has been linked to worsened disease activity in animal models of UC, because of the way that sugar alters gut bacteria and affects the digestive tract's mucosal lining, she says.