Interviews

Nutrition Pearls: The Pediatric GI Nutrition Podcast

Episode 4 - Kim Braly, Nutrition and IBD, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and Beyond

During this episode Jen and Bailey discuss with Kim the role of nutrition in the treatment of IBD with an emphasis on SCD.

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imPACt Podcast

Episode 36 - IBD, the Gut Microbiome, and Nutrition

Dr. David Suskind and Kim Braly, RD join Maddie from the PAC for a discussion about diet, nutrition, the gut microbiome & how it relates to IBD.

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Bowel Moments

Episode 107: Meet Kim Braly, RD!

In this episode Kim shares about her research background, the inside story of key studies on nutrition therapies for IBD, the efficacy of nutrition therapy and Kim’s nutrition support website, Eats for IBD.

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NIMBAL Website

Nutritional adequacy of the SCD

This interview with top IBD researchers discusses the nutritional adequacy of the SCD when used for children with
IBD.

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GiKids Podcast

Maintaining Healthy Nutrition in Pediatric IBD Patients, Episode 1

This episode focuses on the role of diet in management of IBD as well as specifics on the EEN and SCD.

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GiKids Podcast

Maintaining Healthy Nutrition in Pediatric IBD Patients, Episode 3

In this episode, we offer an overview of the SCD including its origins, what it includes, and the research that supported it as of 2015.

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Publications

Pilot Trial: Reverse-engineered EEN in pediatric Crohn’s disease

Read the Research

Lee D, Braly K, Nuding M, Braly I, Hopp C, Twible H, Pope C, Hayden HS, Hoffman L, Zheng H, Wahbeh G, Suskind DL. Reverse-engineered exclusive enteral nutrition in pediatric Crohn’s disease: A pilot trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2024 May;78(5):1135-1142.
doi: 10.1002/jpn3.12196. Epub 2024 Apr 1. PMID: 38558411.

Clinical Trial: DINE Study – SCD vs. Mediterranean Diet in Adult Crohn’s

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Lewis JD, Sandler RS, Brotherton C, Brensinger C, Li H, Kappelman MD, Daniel SG, Bittinger K, Albenberg L, Valentine JF, Hanson JS, Suskind DL, Meyer A, Compher CW, Bewtra M, Saxena A, Dobes A, Cohen BL, Flynn AD, Fischer M, Saha S, Swaminath A, Yacyshyn B, Scherl E, Horst S, Curtis JR, Braly K, Nessel L, McCauley M, McKeever L, Herfarth H; DINE-CD Study Group. A Randomized Trial Comparing the Specific Carbohydrate Diet to a Mediterranean Diet in Adults With Crohn’s Disease. Gastroenterology. 2021 Sep;161(3):837-852.e9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.05.047. Epub 2021 May 27. Erratum in: Gastroenterology. 2022 Nov;163(5):1473. PMID: 34052278; PMCID: PMC8396394.

Clinical Trial: PRODUCE Study – Multicenter Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis & Crohn’s Disease

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Kaplan HC et al. Personalized Research on Diet in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Diseaes: A Series of N-of-1 Diet Trials. Am J Gastroenterol 2022;117:902-917.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000001800

Clinical Trial: SCD & Crohn’s Disease

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Suskind DL et al. The Specific Carbohydrate Diet and Diet Modification as Induction Therapy for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Randomized Diet Controlled Trial. Nutrients. 2020; 12(12):3749. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123749

Evidence for SCD in IBD

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Chitnavis M, Braly K. The specific carbohydrate diet in inflammatory bowel disease: The evidence and execution. Practical gastroenterology. 2019;43(8):28-34.

Dietary Therapy in GI Graft vs. Host Disease

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Hengqi, BZ et al. Dietary therapy in conjunction with immunosuppression to treat gastrointestinal Graft- versus-Host disease. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 2018;69(1):e20-22.

Clinical remission in US and PSC using dietary therapy

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Suskind DL, et al. Clinical remission and normalization of laboratory studies in a patient with Ulcerative Colitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis using dietary therapy. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 2018;67(1):e15-e18.

Diet Therapy and Microbial Changes in Active IBD

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Suskind D, et al. Clinical and fecal microbial changes with diet therapy in active Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2018;52(2):155-163.

Nutritional adequacy of the SCD in Pediatric IBD

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Braly K, et al. Nutritional adequacy of the specific carbohydrate diet in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition. 2017;65(5):533-538.

Perceived benefit from SCD in IBD

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Suskind D, et al. Patients perceive clinical benefit with the specific carbohydrate diet for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2016;61(11):3255-3260.

SCD for Pediatric IBD

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Obih C, et al. Specific carbohydrate diet for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease in clinical practice within an academic IBD center. Nutrition; 2016;32(4):418-25.

Trainings & Mentorship

Mentor & Faculty RD for Cedars-Sinai DIET Program

2023-2024

Ochsner Health

2021-2022

NASPGHAN

Nov. 2020

ASPEN

2019

PRODUCE

2018

PRODUCE

Webinar

2017

PRODUCE

2017

Assuring Pediatric Nutrition Conference

Seattle, WA

2016, 2017

Seattle Children's Hospital

IBD yearly symposium
Seattle, WA

2016

Seattle Children's Hospital

IBD yearly symposium
Seattle, WA

2015

CCFA nurses conference

Seattle, WA

2014

Blog

Making-Friends-With-Fiber

Making Friends With Fiber When You Have IBD

Dairy and inflammatory bowel disease

Is all Dairy Created Equal? Dairy and IBD

5 Ways Your Social Gets IBD Nutrition Wrong

5 Ways Your Social Gets IBD Nutrition Wrong