Colitis and Inflammatory Intestinal Conditions

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is defined as chronic inflammation in all or part of the digestive tract.

Test-tube and animal studies show that purple carrots may benefit certain inflammatory bowel conditions, such as ulcerative colitis.

One study demonstrated that mice with colitis fed purple carrot powder had reduced blood levels of pro-inflammatory proteins, such as tumor necrosis factor-α and interleukin-6, compared to other treatments.