Dr. David Suskind and Dr. Joshua Korzenik participate in a live audience Q&A discussion on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) at the SCDROCKS Conference, hosted by the Specific Carbohydrate Diet Association (SCDA).
In this session, the speakers address thoughtful questions from the audience covering a wide range of topics related to IBD, nutrition, the microbiome, and clinical care considerations.
Audience questions include:
Does a colonoscopy aggravate IBD symptoms?
If diet supports the microbiome and symptoms improve, how can symptoms return?
Does Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN) work for adults as well as children? How should diet and exercise be balanced?
What does it mean when ESR and CRP are normal but fecal calprotectin is elevated?
How can physicians learn more about the Specific Carbohydrate Diet?
How do antibiotics affect the microbiome in children with Crohn’s disease? Thoughts on GMOs and pesticides in food The role of vitamin D in gut health What defines a diverse diet?
Perspectives on bacterial overgrowth theory in SCD
Is there a correlation between Lyme disease and IBD?
David Suskind, MD, is Director of Clinical Gastroenterology at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His work focuses on clinical care and research in inflammatory bowel disease, with particular interest in dietary therapies.
Joshua R. Korzenik, MD, was Director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and a leading IBD researcher. His work explores the role of the innate immune system and the intestinal microbiome in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.