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An Examination of Diet for the Maintenance of Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Haskey, Natasha; Gibson, Deanna L.

Abstract

Diet has been speculated to be a factor in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease and may be an important factor in managing disease symptoms. Patients manipulate their diet in attempt to control symptoms, often leading to the adoption of inappropriately restrictive diets, which places them at risk for nutritional complications. Health professionals struggle to provide evidence-based nutrition guidance to patients due to an overall lack of uniformity or clarity amongst research studies. Well-designed diet studies are urgently needed to create an enhanced understanding of the role diet plays in the management of inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this review is to summarize the current data available on dietary management of inflammatory bowel disease and to demonstrate that dietary modulation may be an important consideration in managing disease. By addressing the relevance of diet in inflammatory bowel disease, health professionals are able to better support patients and collaborate with dietitians to improve nutrition therapy.

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Title
An Examination of Diet for the Maintenance of Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Creator
Haskey, Natasha; Gibson, Deanna L.
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2017-03-10
Description
Diet has been speculated to be a factor in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease and may be an important factor in managing disease symptoms. Patients manipulate their diet in attempt to control symptoms, often leading to the adoption of inappropriately restrictive diets, which places them at risk for nutritional complications. Health professionals struggle to provide evidence-based nutrition guidance to patients due to an overall lack of uniformity or clarity amongst research studies. Well-designed diet studies are urgently needed to create an enhanced understanding of the role diet plays in the management of inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this review is to summarize the current data available on dietary management of inflammatory bowel disease and to demonstrate that dietary modulation may be an important consideration in managing disease. By addressing the relevance of diet in inflammatory bowel disease, health professionals are able to better support patients and collaborate with dietitians to improve nutrition therapy.
Subject
Diet; Diet therapy; Nutrition; Nutrition therapy; Inflammatory bowel disease; Ulcerative colitis; Crohn’s disease
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-06-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0379250
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/70464
Affiliation
Arts and Sciences, Irving K. Barber School of (Okanagan); Biology, Department of (Okanagan)
Citation
Nutrients 9 (3): 259 (2017)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/nu9030259
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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