Can a soy diet soothe Crohn's? new study investigates gut bacteria changes

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * CD subjects: Documented diagnosis of Crohn's disease. Control subjects: no documented diagnosis of CD. * CD subjects: Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) score \<4 ('CD remission'), or with HBI score \>8 ('CD moderate disease') * Capable of providing consent to participate * Access to technology that permits the daily completion of study related activities * Able to receive and have an adult sign for food shipments delivered to a work or home environment. * Negative pregnancy test at screening visit in females of childbearing potential * Able to take oral nutrition and medication intake for 3 months prior to and at time of study enrolment. * 'CD remission' subjects: No change in 'IBD related' medications within 8 weeks prior to normally scheduled appointment with treating gastroenterologist (pre-screening): biologics, immunosuppressants, corticosteroids. Exclusion Criteria: * Short bowel syndrome. * Hospitalized patients * Body mass Index \<19 kg/m or ≥35. * Known clinically significant liver/gallbladder/pancreatic disease/dysfunction * Individuals who lack consent capacity, including the mentally ill, prisoners, cognitively impaired participants, dementia patients. * Uncontrolled Diabetes Type I type II * Known drug abuse. * Known parasitic disease of the digestive system. symptomatic intestinal stricture. * Presence of an ostomy. * Known concurrent malignancy. * Other conditions that would be a contraindication to and of the study diets (e.g. Soy, peanut, wheat, gluten allergy.) or preclude the participant from completing the study * Start of new 'IBD related' medications within 8 weeks prior to enrollment: biologics, immunosuppressants, corticosteroids. * Documented C difficile colitis within four weeks of screening * Well-founded doubt about the patient's cooperation. * Existing pregnancy or lactation. * Current participation in another diet intervention, simultaneous participation in another clinical trial, or participation in any other dietary intervention trial within the last 30 days. * History of \<3 natural bowel movements per week. * Unable to access to technology that permits the daily completion of study related activities. * Currently consuming a soy-based diet