Autoimmune Protocol Diet and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. At least 18 years of age
• •2. Able to provide written informed consent prior to screening and to comply with the requirements of the study protocol.
• •3. Established diagnosis of small bowel CD or colonic CD or ulcerative colitis
• •4. Confirmation of active CD or UC with recent (within 6 months of consent or prior to study start) objective evidence of endoscopically active disease on colonoscopy or computed tomography/magnetic resonance enterography or video capsule endoscopy
• •5. Any medications being currently used for IBD must remain stable during the study period with the exception of tapering of corticosteroids.
• •6. Current disease activity defined as a Harvey Bradshaw index ≥ 5 at baseline for CD or Partial Mayo Score ≥ 3 for UC
• •7. Established Facebook account
• •8. Comfortable with internet-based surveys and email