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Podcast: The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Episode: Crushing Crohn's Disease with a Plant-Based Diet
Description: Could eating a vegan diet be the key to treating Crohn's Disease? Quite possibly. On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Dr. Hana Kahleova who shares a case study of a medical school student who was able to put his Crohn's Disease into remission by adopting a plant-based diet. Even with traditional medical treatments the student was still struggling until he made dietary adjustments. Dr. Kahleova and Chuck explore why his case may not be an anomaly and the nutrition science of why eliminating meat an...