"Adequate nutrition is essential for growth and development. Food is also social, cultural, and part of self-care. While it seems straightforward, navigating what to eat with IBD is complex. I'm here to help bring clarity."
My Story
Hello, I’m Kim, RD and nutrition is my passion. I consult on nutrition and IBD-related research studies, IBD nutrition program development and educate practitioners. I also see pediatrics and adults with Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis through a virtual private practice. I believe every person with inflammatory bowel disease deserves access to current nutrition information as well as individualized diet and lifestyle support.
From 2013-2018 I worked with pediatric patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital with various gastrointestinal (GI) conditions. The GI nutrition-related issues I saw ranged from food allergies to complex motility disorders, tube feeding, and chronic disease. I established the IBD nutrition program with a multidisciplinary team and ultimately specialized as an IBD, research dietitian. I realized the tremendous role that nutrition plays in disease management and that each individual’s unique IBD journey is not linear, but evolves with time.
Seeing the impact of food on our physical, mental and emotional well-being continually inspires me. I am passionate about educating and empowering individuals living with IBD to know how to nourish their bodies. A joyful and abundant life is possible!
While working with me, you will have an advocate, educator, informed researcher, and coach. Through our team efforts, you will be equipped with the knowledge and tools you need to address your symptoms and improve your gut health to LIVE your best life.
Areas of Expertise for Pediatrics and Adults with IBD
Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis
Indeterminate
Microscopic Colitis
Complex IBD
Very Early Onset (VEO)-IBD
Pre- and post surgery + Ostomy Modifications
Diet or Nutrition Therapies
Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN)
Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED)
Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) + modified SCD (mSCD)
Anti-Inflammatory Diet for IBD (IBD-AID)
Autoimmune Protocol Diet (AIP)
Dale Lee, MD, MSCE
Attending Gastroenterologist Seattle Children’s Hospital/ University of Washington
"I have worked closely with dietitian Kim Braly in the care of patients with gastrointestinal diseases, poor growth, and complex nutritional needs. She is truly an expert dietitian with a broad knowledge base and the ability to connect with patients and families. Kim’s enthusiasm and kindness help effectively convey nutrition plans and help families understand how to practically implement the plans.
The patients I’ve cared for with Kim uniformly adore her and deeply value her commitment to providing the best care. Kim closely coordinates care with physicians and is careful to make sure the nutrition plan integrates thoughtfully into the broader medical plan. She is a nationally recognized dietitian and acts as a resource for many dietitians around the United States. I’ve greatly enjoyed working with Kim and she is deeply invested in using nutrition to promote the best possible health outcomes."
My 3D-Dietary™ Approach
Our bodies are designed to “run on” the foods we eat. You may think of it like putting gas in the tank of a car and then burning it by driving, but it’s so much more than that. Imagine the car being entirely built out of fuel, cleaned by the fuel, and repaired by the fuel. Food gives us the energy to go, true. But it also helps all of our tissues and organs to function, and provides us the nutrients and information to regulate our bodily processes, move, think, grow and heal.
Yes, food helps us heal, and one of the many amazing ways it does this is by changing the balance of microbes in our gut — this in turn influences our immune gut integrity and nutrient absorption among countless other processes. In Inflammatory bowel disease, while the root cause is uncertain, we see that an imbalance of bacteria in the gut can play a role in intestinal inflammation, triggering sometimes debilitating symptoms. The inflamed intestines can have trouble absorbing nutrients the body needs. Rebalancing gut bacteria and restoring optimal nutrition through diet is a powerful way to break this cycle.
I am excited to share my experiences in IBD nutrition research and in practice working with hundreds and hundreds of IBD patients. My mission is to advance our understanding of how dietary patterns aid in healing inflammation experienced by patients with Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis. With the right dietary protocol, which is unique to each person, individuals can see fewer and less severe symptoms and potentially attain and maintain remission — the ultimate goal.
I look at diet from three distinct perspectives — all of which work together. Let me introduce you to my proprietary 3D-Dietary™ Approach:
D1: Detect — Detect and Minimize Triggers
D2: Deliver — Deliver Nutrition for Overall Health
D3: Diet — Leverage Dietary Therapies
Are you ready for a nutrition solution for you or your patients?
Credentials
Education
DIETETICS
Bachelor of Science in Dietetics
Oregon State University
Dietetic Internship
University of California at Davis
Clinical Experience
CLINICAL DIETITIAN
University of Utah Hospital
Seattle Children’s Hospital
GI, Specialized in IBD
UC Davis Medical Center
Adult and Pediatric Units
Speaking
ASPEN
(American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition)
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN)
Why Diet Therapy for IBD? Evidence and Future Direction. Nov. 2020.
See full list here
Interviews
NASPGHAN:
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Nutrition Therapy for IBD
Professional Affiliations - Past and Present
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
Nutrition Entrepreneurs
Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine
American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN)
North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
(NASPGHAN)
Improve Care Now (ICN)
“The SCD has given Jackson his life back.”
- Shelly, Mom
FOR PATIENTS
Flares Happen!
You can't always put your life on hold when IBD rears its head, but you can make this your easiest flare yet. My proven diet and lifestyle tips support your gut, body, mind & emotions for a faster recovery and a longer remission.
FOR PARENTS
Is Your Child’s Weight Dropping Fast?
You don't have to stand helpless during an IBD flare. Feed your child foods proven to minimize triggers, calm inflammation, and repair the gut. Get them healing and growing!
