Food and Gastrointestinal Symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Solving the mystery of food triggers for IBS symptoms
Key Points:
- Various dietary strategies aim to manage IBS symptoms.
- Study collected food intake and symptom diaries using a smartphone app.
- 70% of survey respondents had IBS according to Rome IV criteria.
- Strong associations found for certain foods like caffeinated coffee, alcoholic beverages, and artificial sweeteners with GI symptoms.
- Some foods showed delayed symptom onset, suggesting the importance of timing in dietary recommendations.
- Clinical trials needed to test the causal relationship between food and symptoms.
Read the full clinical trial report here.
