Lifestyle-related disease in Crohn’s disease: Relapse prevention by a semi-vegetarian diet

Table 7 Conventional and current diet in IBD at Nakadori General Hospital

	Conventional	Current
Diet	Low-residue diet	Semi-lactoovovegetarian diet
Menu	Common for UC and CD	SVD for UC (staple: white rice)
		SVD for RUC (staple: white rice 70%, brown rice 30%)
		SVD for CD (staple: brown rice)
Refrainment	Fiber-rich diet	Minced or processed meat, bread, fast foods, sweets, cola/soda, juices
Dairy products	Refrainment	Egg, milk: no refrainment
		Refrain from cheese/butter/margarine
Calories	2000 kcal/d	About 30 kcal/kg standard body weight/d
Dietary analysis	Absent	Food-frequency questionnaire
Dietary guidance	Absent	Guidance by doctor and registered dietitian

UC: Ulcerative colitis; RUC: Refractory ulcerative colitis.