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Could pre-biotics and probiotics help with inflammatory bowel disease?

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Maybe: There is decent evidence that probiotics can help with ulcerative colitis and excellent evidence that it can help with patients after colectomy when they only have a surgical pouch left over. In Crohn's disease, the data do not support their use.

Dr Lewis agreed

Answered 3/17/2017

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