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Crohn Disease Eating Diet

Oatmeal

Including refined oatmeal, grain offers numerous health benefits. You find that refined oatmeal contains less fiber as most of the hulls are removed during manufacturing, thus eliminating as much fiber as possible. You find that CD flare comes and goes in different moments, thus prompting to avoid foods with high fiber content as it can worsen the condition and symptoms like fiber. Refined oatmeal contains a soluble fiber known as beta-gluten that helps in easing diarrhea as it absorbs most of the water in the intestines forming a gel that slows digestion to form a hard stool. [2]