Low-FODMAP Diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Is It Ready for Prime Time?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1169-1177

  Khan, Muhammad Ali ^a   Nusrat, Salman ^b   Khan, Muhammad Imran ^a   Nawras, Ali ^a   Bielefeldt, Klaus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fermentable carbohydrates; FODMAP; IBS; Irritable bowel syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DIET;

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84937965242     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-014-3436-4     Document Type: Review

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