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This study used summary statistics data from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on food intakes, Crohn\u2019s disease (CD), and ulcerative colitis (UC). In the primary analysis, we used the inverse variance-weighted method to determine whether specific food was causal for CD and UC. In addition, we also ran four other Mendelian randomization methods, including MR Egger, weighted median, maximum likelihood, and weighted mode as a complement. The primary analysis showed that high consumption of poultry (OR, 3.696; 95% CI, 1.056\u201312.937; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.041) and cereal (OR, 2.449; 95% CI, 1.094\u20135.482; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.029) had a significant causal association with CD, while high oily fish intake level was found to be statistically significantly associated with the risk of UC (OR, 1.482; 95% CI, 1.002\u20132.194; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.049). 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