article on nutrition and IBD

[Guest guest]

I haven't read the entire article, but thought this might be interest. Talks

about effect of nutrition as cause/treatment and IBD.

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/2081.asp

Sally

[Guest guest]

It's very interesting as it does get into the protective aspect of probiotics on

the intestinal mucosa, it considers, but it does not specify the exact link

between diet and IBD. It is however, in support of nutritional attention in IBD,

and does make note of the higher incidence of IBD in developed nations that eat

lots of trans fats and refined carbs.

PJ

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> I haven't read the entire article, but thought this might be interest. Talks

about effect of nutrition as cause/treatment and IBD.

>

> http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/2081.asp

>

> Sally

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[Guest guest]

The author is not very comprehensive in his consideration of the complexity of

the many contributing factors. His one source for disregardng carbohydrate

restriction is a study which compared the results of a diet high in sugar and

refined starches to one restricted in sugar but high in unrefined starches. He

also seems to not have any ideas about what might be a contributing dietary

deficiency and what might be a result of the illness. His ideas about modifying

the bacterial ecology of the gut are directed towards " prebiotics " which

reflects the pharmaceutical company bias towards a pill, neglecting the

difficulty in feeding a few species of bacteria but not others with a food that

is not digested before it gets to them. It also does not seem to consider the

possibility that the bacteria that are undesirable may be selectively promoted

by the dietary changes associated with the growth of Crohn's into populations

with changing diet. It is a fair summary of the accepted medical view, but it

is a bit vague in places. The background is there, but the pieces are not put

together properly.

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> I haven't read the entire article, but thought this might be interest. Talks

about effect of nutrition as cause/treatment and IBD.

>

> http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/15/2081.asp

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> Sally

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