Who do you expect to do the "cutting edge" research to confirm fasting can cure Crohn's? Do you honestly not realize this is career suicide? There is zero benefit to researchers funded by the government or pharma to find out not eating for 10-30 days is the cure to something they are selling $200K/year treatment for. This is not a conspiracy theory - this is modern life facts 101.
http://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/about/sponsors/
Yeah - sure, every corporate sponsor on this list just wishes for the day that it is finally known that Crohn's is not actually a lifelong incurable disease - and not only there is a cure - it literally costs nothing. In fact, you SAVE money by not eating too! LOL. It's astonishing how otherwise very smart people (especially on HN) cannot see beyond what's in front of them. I actually think the more conventionally-educated someone is, the harder it is for them to admit solutions are far simpler than they "should" be.