Diet as Adjunctive Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Review and Update of the Latest Literature.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Diet plays an integral role in development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and continues to act as a mediator of intestinal inflammation once disease sets in. Most clinicians provide little dietary guidance to IBD patients, in part due to lack of knowledge in nutrition and lack of available nutritional resources. The purpose of this review is to provide clinicians with a brief summary of the latest evidence behind diets popular among IBD patients, to highlight diets with known efficacy, and to provide guidance that may help busy practitioners.

Recent findings

The latest studies show that exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) remains the most effective diet for induction of remission in Crohn's disease (CD), either in the form of elemental, semi-elemental, o

SUBMITTER: Damas OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6857843 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature