Efficacy of the low FODMAP diet for treating irritable bowel syndrome: The evidence to date

Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2016, Pages 131-142

  Nanayakkara, Wathsala S ^a   Skidmore, Paula Ml ^a   O’Brien, Leigh ^b   Wilkinson, Tim J ^c   Gearry, Richard B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal symptoms; Irritable bowel syndrome; Low FODMAP diet

Indexed keywords

DISACCHARIDE; MONOSACCHARIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; BACTEROIDES; BLOATING; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FLATULENCE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; IRRITABLE COLON; LOW FERMENTABLE OLIGOSACCHARIDE DISACCHARIDE MONOSACCHARIDE AND POLYOL DIET; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RUMINOCOCCACEAE; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 84978920053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEG.S86798     Document Type: Review

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