Mechanisms and efficacy of dietary FODMAP restriction in IBS

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 256-266

  Staudacher, Heidi M ^a   Irving, Peter M ^b   Lomer, Miranda C E ^b   Whelan, Kevin ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; FERMENTABLE SHORT CHAIN CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; FRUCTAN; GALACTOSE OLIGOSACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROGEN; POLYMER;

BLOATING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; LOW FERMENTABLE OLIGOSACCHARIDES DISACCHARIDES MONOSACCHARIDES AND POLYOLS DIET; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; CONTRAINDICATIONS; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIET THERAPY; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DISACCHARIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MONOSACCHARIDES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYMERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 84897975882     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2013.259     Document Type: Review

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