Diet Low in FODMAPs Reduces Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome as Well as Traditional Dietary Advice: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Gastroenterology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1399-1407.e2

  Böhn, Lena ^a   Störsrud, Stine ^a   Liljebo, Therese ^b   Collin, Lena ^c   Lindfors, Perjohan ^c,d   Törnblom, Hans ^a   Simrén, Magnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Colon; Food; Gastrointestinal Symptoms

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYOL; POLYMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEAN; CABBAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME SYMPTOM SEVERITY SCALE; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SWEDEN; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; FERMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DISACCHARIDES; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOSACCHARIDES; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; OUTPATIENTS; POLYMERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945571052     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.07.054     Document Type: Article

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