Patients with active IBD tend to consume more FODMAPs and fibre than their counterparts with inactive IBD, suggesting the patients’ diet may contribute to their symptoms, an Australian study presented at ECCO suggests.
Surveying 121 IBD patients (64% in remission) and 72 healthy matched controls, the team from Box Hill Hospital found few differences between their consumptions of fermentable carbohydrates and sugars – dietary aspects thought to possibly play affect gut function and microbiota.
But patients with active IBD consumed 8g/day more fructose and 19g/day more FODMAPs as well as 4g/day more dietary fibre than those with inactive IBD.
“Active IBD was associated with greater FODMAP and fibre intake, both of which might potentially conribute to symptomatology,” the authors concluded on their...
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