This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today and: Both the Mediterranean diet and the Specific Carbohydrate diet were effective for symptom reduction in patients with Crohn's disease, a randomized clinical trial demonstrated. At week 6, symptomatic remission was achieved by 44% of patients on the Mediterranean diet and by 47% of those following the Specific Carbohydrate diet, reported James D. Lewis, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia at the virtual Crohn's and Colitis Congress. And clinical remission defined by the Crohn's Disease Activity Index also was observed in similar numbers, at 48% for the Mediterranean diet and 49% for the Specific Carbohydrate diet.