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Else you're just trading one problem for another.
There is currently zero credible research that shows a carnivore/keto diet will reduce inflammation in patients with IBD. The Mediterranean diet has some research showing potential improvement in patients, so if anything, suggest they talk to their doctor about that one. But don’t position it as a cure. There is currently no cure for IBD.
This is an extremely complicated disease and recommending that people try “cures” you heard about on podcasts is not helpful and potentially dangerous. It’s the same line of thinking that lead to people eating horse paste to cure their COVID.
The best thing someone with IBD can do is to find a good GI specialist that they trust and feel comfortable discussing potential medications and lifestyle adjustments with. Then when someone online recommends ”cures” like carnivore diet, they can take it to their doctor and discuss whether or not it might be worth trying given their specific medical circumstances.
Source: I built r/CrohnsDisease to 50k users
Trust your doctors, believe the science.
Don’t really disagree with the rest of your post but as a sufferer I’ve dealt with dozens of doctors now that casually dismiss your very real symptoms or say stuff like “it’s just stress” rather than drilling down to the core of the problem. People become desperate and will try anything in this environment, so it isn’t really unwelcome to a sufferer to hear tips like this other than when people say dumb stuff like “have you tried identifying a trigger?”
No, I haven’t ever thought of that, I just shovel whatever crap down my gullet and dump liters of blood out my ass without a second thought. of course I’ve tried identifying triggers and if I already knew the trigger I wouldn’t be suffering, would I?
If you want evidence that the carnivore diet (I don't promote the keto diet) will reduce inflammation in patients with IBD then I can point you to a dozen stories of people who have cured their IBD through a carnivore diet. But you are just going to dismiss the evidence as anecdotal (nevermind that the anecdotes are endlessly accumulating) and not credible because you already have your mind made up.
If I were you I would actually try a carnivore diet for 90 days before making any more pronouncements, because I can assure you that YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.
The fact that people have been so brainwashed into thinking that eating red meat is by definition a bad thing is a severe problem in our society and it is people like you who are contributing to our epidemic of chronic disease.
I honestly find it hard to believe that you would post that comment with such confidence. Who do you think you are?
Eating only meat for some days would reset the pesticide intake suddenly to zero (as long as is not also in the tap water, that is much more difficult to avoid). If one or several chemicals are the problem it definitely could help (as long as is not a permanent change to avoid the cons of this diet also).