If I encounter anyone with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I send them straight to Clemmie Oliver. Her clinic specialises in supporting people with IBD using Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine, and Clemmie has had prolonged experience of IBD herself.

Clemmie and I trained together several years ago, and since then she has built an incredibly successful IBD-focused clinic, now been joined by registered specialist gastroenterology dietitian, Jess Upton.

I absolutely loved this chance to catch up with her, and I think you will hugely enjoy hearing her personal (and reasonably dramatic) story of IBD and health, as well as her brilliantly passionate yet clear explanations of this often-misunderstood condition.

As Clemmie succinctly puts it:  Diet matters – no matter what is going on.

Our topics include:

• Why the small intestine is Clemmie’s favourite part of the digestive system!
• What Inflammatory Bowel Disease is, and what causes it
• Clemmie’s own journey with IBD since the age of 9
• The important differences between IBD and IBS
• Symptoms to watch for if you suspect IBD, and what to do
• The relevance of stress to IBD
• The value of medical interventions AND nutrition and lifestyle medicine in IBD
• IBD Flares and what may help reduce them
• Clemmie’s advocacy work with her IBD patients

More on Clemmie:

Clemmie is a Qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipION), Registered Associate Nutritionist (MSc, AfN) and founder of the Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Clinic which supports people living with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases to improve their quality of life. Clemmie also mentors other nutrition professionals and provides IBD training and education for other healthcare professionals. Clemmie regularly speaks on the topic of nutrition for large corporations based around the world, and works with IBD charities and companies as a nutrition advisor. She has also carried out postgraduate research in IBD at the University of Aberdeen.

Clemmie is incredibly passionate about empowering patients with IBD by providing professional nutrition support to optimise nutritional intake, support symptom management, and ultimately improve their quality of life, as well as being their patient advocate. In addition, as an IBD patient herself, having lived with Ulcerative Colitis since the age of 9, she has a compassionate understanding of her patients’ experiences living with IBD.

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