Effect of Mediterranean Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years old or older * Meet classification criteria for inflammatory bowel disease including those with mild to moderate Crohn's Disease as defined by a Crohn's disease activity index between 150-450, with fecal calprotectin\>250, within 1 month of enrollment. Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to provide informed consent * History of or current drug abuse * Pregnancy * Start or change in dose of standard-of-care treatment within 12 weeks of the screening * Known allergy to any component of the proposed diet * Subjects with significant other medical or psychiatric comorbidities and /or medication use which in * physician's clinical judgment might difficult the interpretation of the results * Patients that are not on a stable dose of medications, for instance, steroids, in between samples collection * Patients on antibiotics * Patients with C difficile infection within 4 weeks of enrollment