If you've been living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), you already know how frustrating the search for answers can be.
One website recommends a supplement.
Another says it doesn't work.
One expert insists you need to eliminate entire food groups.
Another recommends a completely different diet.
You hear remarkable success stories, but when you try to investigate the science behind them, you find conflicting opinions, incomplete explanations, and studies that are difficult to interpret.
What has actually been tested in people with Crohn's or ulcerative colitis? What were the results? And how can you use that information to make better decisions about your own health?
Those are the questions I spent years researching. And they're why I created Ultimate Freedom From Crohn's and Colitis.
One thing you do not need to bring to it: a science background. I read the studies so you don't have to; everything here is broken down into plain language and practical steps.
Hunter M. is one of my good friends, and he was the first person to work through this approach. Hunter had both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Working through the approach in this course, he reached near complete remission in just a few months, and he has been virtually symptom-free since the fall of 2017, with only an occasional minor symptom surfacing now and then, and nothing close to what he dealt with before.
That is his individual experience, shared with his permission. Hunter's experience is what kickstarted this course, but he is not the only one it has helped. Since I built it, people with Crohn's and ulcerative colitis have been benefiting from this synthesis of the research. His story is still not a promise of what will happen for you. IBD varies considerably from person to person, and the course itself will show you exactly how much the trial evidence does and does not support results like his.
There's a tremendous amount of published research investigating nutritional supplements, dietary approaches, and other interventions for inflammatory bowel disease. But finding a study is only the beginning. You still need to know:
That last question is especially important. It's easy to find a promising study and build an exciting story around it. It's much harder to examine the entire body of evidence, including studies that contradict what you hoped to find.
And examining the whole body of evidence means more than collecting individual studies. A single study can point anywhere. What you can build on is a pattern: findings that repeat across the research, across animal studies and human studies alike, together with a clear explanation of why something works. When the pattern, the human evidence, and the reasoning all line up, you have something sturdy enough to act on. That kind of synthesis is what this course is built on, and it always ends in a practical direction: the form, dosage, and duration that were actually studied, and what a sensible path forward looks like for you.
That's the work I've done for you: the human evidence I could find, reviewed through 2021, organized into one resource that explains what has been studied, how strong the evidence is, and what the findings mean in practical terms. And none of it requires you to think like a researcher. Every lesson is taught in plain English, in the same order: what was studied, what it means for you, and the practical takeaway. If you never open a single research document, the lessons alone will leave you knowing exactly where you stand.
A comprehensive, self-paced educational program built around the actual clinical research.
The point isn't more information. It's the moment the searching stops: when you know which handful of options the research actually supports, which ones it doesn't, and you can walk into your next appointment carrying the studies instead of a phone full of screenshots and forum threads.
Inside this course, you'll find:
Everything is organized so you can return to individual topics whenever you need them. This isn't another collection of generic wellness advice; it's the research itself, translated into information you can actually understand and use.
Richard H. has lived with Crohn's disease and spent more than 25 years searching for solutions before finding this course. In the video above, he shares his perspective in his own words.
Testimonial disclaimer: These are individual results and results vary. We do not claim that they are typical results that consumers will generally achieve. Each individual may or may not implement the strategies in this course. Furthermore, this course is strictly for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, or cure any medical condition or achieve any particular result. The testimonials are not necessarily representative of all of those who will use our products and/or services.
Start with the cabinet. Most people with IBD have one: a shelf of half-used supplement bottles, each bought on a promising headline, a forum thread, or a practitioner's hunch, and each quietly abandoned when nothing changed. Hundreds of dollars, sometimes thousands, spent guessing.
The research you probably won't find in a typical supplement guide. This is the centerpiece of the course, and the part I spent the most time developing. It starts with a screen, not a shopping list.
There are hundreds of supplements marketed for gut health, inflammation, and immune support, and over the years I read through hundreds of candidate compounds proposed for Crohn's and colitis: in forums, in practitioner circles, in the journals. Most did not survive contact with the evidence. Some had only animal data and no plausible path to a human dose. Some had one small trial that was never repeated. Some were popular for reasons that had nothing to do with IBD at all.
a core four, the compounds with the deepest human research in the course, followed by eight more that cleared the screen with varying strength of evidence. Every deep-dive follows the same three-part format:
The proposed biological mechanisms, explained in plain language: how researchers believe the compound might influence inflammation, immune regulation, or intestinal health. You'll understand the reasoning behind the research without needing a medical degree.
Every human study I could find, positive and negative, with the actual numbers: how many patients, Crohn's or ulcerative colitis, which outcomes improved if any, remission and response rates where reported, whether the findings were statistically significant, the weaknesses in the study designs, and the trials that failed. Some findings are encouraging. Others are uncertain or disappointing. You'll see both. You should not have to pay for a course that only tells you the good news.
The specific forms used, studied dosage ranges, timing and duration, product-quality considerations, the laboratory testing and monitoring that go with them, and the safety considerations and contraindications. These are the details that make a productive conversation with your gastroenterologist possible. They are not a substitute for individualized medical advice.
Every deep-dive comes with a downloadable research document containing the full research and complete references. Think of those documents as the reference shelf: there if you're the kind of person who likes to check sources, and genuinely useful to hand to your doctor, because research is the language doctors speak. But the video lessons stand completely on their own. Each one is broken down step by step, in plain language, and lands on the practical bottom line, so you finish every lesson knowing what the research found, what it means for you, and what people actually do with it. No confusion to untangle afterward, and no homework unless you want it.
A more practical approach to eating with IBD.
That is the direction this module points, an eating pattern built on what the research supports instead of on fear of food.
If you've researched diets for Crohn's or ulcerative colitis, you've probably encountered an exhausting list of restrictions: avoid dairy, avoid grains, avoid carbohydrates, eliminate this food group, never eat that food again. Most IBD diets fail people in one of three ways: too few foods to sustain, too hard to stay on, or too hard on the microbiome long term.
The Simple IBD Diet was built to avoid all three. It does not start with elimination. It is a filtered Mediterranean pattern, and its core is not restriction. It is fat quality.
There is no meal plan in this course, deliberately. You get the rules, the food lists, and the research behind them, so the way you eat can stay yours: a more informed starting point, adjustable to your own disease activity, tolerances, and medical needs.
Sometimes there's a measurable reason: IBD quietly drains specific nutrients, and the standard workup doesn't always look for them.
What might be missing, even when you're trying to eat well?
Inflammation, reduced intake, malabsorption, and intestinal surgery all raise the risk of nutritional deficiency in IBD. This module examines four nutrients that are commonly depleted in IBD and routinely missed, each covered the same way as the deep-dives:
The emphasis is on understanding your nutritional status and using appropriate testing, rather than blindly adding more supplements.
Are probiotics actually helpful for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis? The answer is more complicated than supplement advertisements suggest. Most probiotics show little to no effect in Crohn's or colitis, despite being recommended constantly, and strains differ enormously: evidence from one formulation doesn't automatically apply to another.
This 51-minute deep-dive goes strain by strain: which specific strains have trial data behind them, including one shown comparable to a standard prescription medication for maintaining remission in ulcerative colitis, and which are a waste of money. You'll also receive the accompanying research document.
A closer look at specialized dietary approaches, for people who want a more guided approach than the Simple IBD Diet. This bonus covers two structured diets in full: the IBD-AID diet (developed at the University of Massachusetts, in three phases, with food lists, menus, and recipes) and the Low FODMAP diet (with an exact step-by-step reintroduction protocol, and my honest note that I do not recommend it long term for most people, and why it is included anyway).
You'll learn how these approaches differ, what they're for, and what their limitations are, including one distinction that matters: managing digestive symptoms is not the same as controlling the underlying inflammation, and the course never confuses the two.
One more compound, with a small but real research base in Crohn's disease, rounds out the bonuses. It is an option most IBD patients never hear about, precisely because it doesn't live on a supplement shelf. It sits outside the usual supplement discussion: it is prescription-only, so this module does not sell you anything. Presented as a research review, not a treatment recommendation, it covers the evidence, the safety considerations, and how to raise it with your physician. Any use would require an appropriately qualified prescribing clinician.
Because living with IBD involves more than what you eat.
The physical symptoms are only part of living with Crohn's or colitis. There's also the stress that rides along with it: the anxiety before eating at a restaurant, the mental map of the nearest bathroom everywhere you go, the 2 a.m. worry spiral, the exhaustion of having a body you can't predict. And this is not just about quality of life: research consistently links emotional stress to IBD flare-ups and disease progression, which makes stress part of managing the disease itself, not a side issue.
This module gives you a practical way to work with that stress yourself, in the moment you're feeling it. Across 10 lessons, you'll learn a tapping-based technique for settling the emotional reaction that stressful memories and anxious anticipations set off, so they stop running your day. It's a tool you can reach for before a meal out, before travel, during a symptom scare: anywhere the fear of this disease becomes almost as draining as the disease itself. Imagine carrying something that actually helps in those moments, instead of just bracing for them.
Like everything else in this course, it comes with the published research on the technique as downloadable papers, so you can judge the evidence for yourself. The module is an emotional self-help resource, not a replacement for medical treatment or professional mental health care when needed.
59 lessons across 10 chapters: 39 video lessons, plus quizzes and short surveys after the major modules so you can check your understanding as you go. Every video lesson includes the research document for that topic.
Hi, I'm Dr. Sean Golden, DC.
I'm a chiropractor with an academic background in mathematics and physics, and I've spent much of my professional life studying research on health and human physiology. Research is the part of this work I take most seriously, partly because most of the natural health research on IBD ends up buried: published in journals few patients ever see, never assembled, never translated into a protocol a person can actually follow. Putting those pieces together is the work.
One of my closest friends has lived with both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. You met him above; his experience gave this research a personal importance that went far beyond academic curiosity. I wanted to understand what the scientific literature actually showed about approaches that might complement conventional IBD care, so I began investigating. What started as a personal research project grew into an extensive collection of clinical studies, protocols, and practical educational resources, and eventually into this course, because organizing all of it on your own is a serious project: locating the relevant trials, comparing their methods, understanding their limitations, and translating their findings into plain language and practical steps.
I don't claim to have discovered a secret cure, and I don't believe that every promising supplement or dietary strategy works for everyone. What I can offer is the research I've compiled, the distinctions I've found important, and a structured way to understand the evidence without having to start from scratch. My hope is that it saves you a tremendous amount of time and helps you approach your health decisions with greater clarity and confidence.
Sean Golden, DC
Creator, Golden Health Method
Ultimate Freedom From Crohn's and Colitis may be a good fit if:
You have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis and want to know what the research actually says about natural options, not what a supplement company says.
You're tired of contradictory advice and want to examine actual clinical trial findings, including the unsuccessful ones.
You've spent significant time or money experimenting with supplements and want a systematic way to evaluate them: forms, doses, and lab work, spelled out.
You want to understand dietary options without immediately committing to extensive food restrictions.
You'd like to have better-informed conversations with your gastroenterologist, with the studies in hand.
You're looking for a guaranteed cure, a personalized treatment plan, or a promise that you can discontinue prescribed medication. This course is education. It does not diagnose, treat, or cure anything, and nothing in it is a reason to stop or change a prescribed treatment without your doctor.
You're in an acute flare that needs medical attention now. Get the medical attention first.
You want someone to just tell you what to take without showing you the evidence. Showing the evidence is the entire point of this course, including the evidence that is weak or negative.
$497. One payment. That is the whole offer.
Your enrollment includes:
There is no subscription or recurring course fee, no discount code to hunt for, and no price that expires at midnight. The price is $497 because compiling, checking, and organizing this research took years, and because I would rather charge one honest price than invent a larger one to cross out.
The guarantee. Take time to explore the lessons and review the research. If the course is not useful to you, email me within 60 days of purchase for a full refund. No questions, no forms, no retention call. That is the whole policy, and it applies from the day you enroll.
That is the one question this page will not answer, and the reason is simple: the selection is the course. Hundreds of candidate compounds were screened against the published evidence; the twelve that survived, plus the deficiency module and the prescriber-guided bonus compound, are revealed inside, each next to its trials, its protocol, and its safety material. What you can know before enrolling is exactly how they were evaluated and what every review includes: proposed mechanisms, human trial findings including the failures, limitations, studied protocols, and safety considerations. And if buying without seeing the list first does not work for you, that is exactly what the 60-day guarantee is for.
No. This course is educational. It compiles published research on natural compounds and diets for Crohn's and colitis and presents the protocols used in that research. It does not diagnose, treat, or cure any condition. Several protocols in it require lab work or a prescription and are framed as conversations to have with your doctor, and you should never discontinue or change prescribed medication based on the course without your treating clinician's guidance.
Yes. The course is educational and is meant to be used alongside your medical care, not instead of it. Where the research reports safety considerations or interactions for a topic, the course covers them, and each deep-dive ends with the questions worth raising with your prescriber. Your medications are specific to you, so discuss anything you are considering before changing or adding anything, and never stop or adjust prescribed treatment based on a course.
Individual studies are available online. What the course adds is the time-intensive work around them: gathering, comparing, and organizing the research in one place, examining the unsuccessful trials alongside the successes, separating Crohn's findings from ulcerative colitis findings, and documenting the actual protocols. You're paying for the synthesis and the guidance, not for the studies themselves.
Both. The course examines research relevant to each condition and distinguishes between them when the evidence differs. A finding in ulcerative colitis doesn't automatically apply to Crohn's disease, and vice versa.
Yes. Every supplement module comes with a downloadable document containing the full research with complete references. When the course says a trial showed something, you can open the document, find the study, and read it yourself, negative results included.
The course compiles the published research I could find on each topic, reviewed through 2021. It is a careful review of the evidence as it stood at that point, and since the price does not include future updates, newer studies are not added as they publish.
Yes, and the course was built assuming most people aren't. The research is my homework, already done: every lesson teaches in plain language, bottom line first, with the practical steps spelled out, and no background knowledge assumed. The study documents are there as backup, for checking a source or handing to your doctor, but nothing in the course requires reading them. If you can watch a video and follow clear steps, you can follow this course.
The Simple IBD Diet does not start with elimination. Its foundation is fat quality: removing the specific fats the research implicates and building on a Mediterranean pattern most people can actually sustain, with the reasoning and evidence for every rule explained, so you can judge it instead of just obeying it. The course also examines the more structured IBD-AID and Low FODMAP diets, with honest notes on their limits, for people who want or need that route.
You enroll online and watch on any device, at your own pace, in whatever order you like. Enrollment includes lifetime access, so you can return to the modules whenever you need them.
Then the 60-day guarantee applies: email me within 60 days of purchase for a full refund. But go in with the right expectation: this course gives you the research and the protocols. It cannot promise an outcome for any individual, and it does not try to.
No. This is a self-paced course, not coaching. You get lifetime access to all 59 lessons and the research documents, and you work through them on your own schedule. The $497 price covers the course as it stands; future updates are not included.
There may not be a single approach that works for everyone with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. But you can know the options that have been studied, the evidence behind each, and the questions worth discussing with your doctor. That's what this course was built to give you.
Picture the alternative: a short list of options you actually understand, the evidence for each one in a document you can open any time, and a plan you and your doctor chose on purpose instead of by trial and error.
59 lessons. 39 video lessons. Detailed research reviews, practical educational resources, and full study references.
$497, one-time payment.
Educational information only. This course is not medical advice, and its ideas and suggestions are not personal recommendations for you: it is designed for educational and informational purposes, not to diagnose, treat, or cure any medical condition. If you choose to put any of this information into practice, do it with the help of your own medical practitioner, who knows your history and can determine what is appropriate for you.