BEFORE YOU BEGIN A DIET-CAUTION IS NEEDED

If you proceed on your own, please exercise caution, including (but not limited to the following):

• Children can lose weight initially getting used to the diets and they can have trouble following them at school or when they are away from home. The diets can seem worse than the disease emotionally for some of the children, especially if they feel they are being pushed into them.
• They may not work the same for everybody (because there are lots of variations of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis).
• If you are going to try one of the diets, do so with the help and supervision from your doctor and a registered dietitian