Best Vegetables to Include in an Ulcerative Colitis Diet

Vegetables are packed with nutrition, but they can be hard to incorporate into your diet when you have ulcerative colitis — especially during a flare. Still, that doesn’t mean you need to avoid them completely.Vegetables not only provide essential nutrients but can also contain prebiotics, a type of fiber that helps boost the growth of healthy gut bacteria, explainsRyan Warren, RDN, who specializes in nutrition and counseling for patients with gastrointestinal (GI) conditions at the Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York.Research backs this up: People with ulcerative colitis who followed a high-fiber, low-fat diet for four weeks experienced lower levels of unhealthy gut bacteria and inflammation and reported a higher quality of life than those who followed a typical American diet, according to a small study published in June 2021 in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.That said, not all veggies are created equal, and yo...