Nutrition News

A large observational cohort study conducted in Copenhagen confirmed that malabsorption is associated with celiac disease, according to researchers.

The Mediterranean diet, which may help reverse the early stages of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, requires patience, practice and the development of new life skills, according to one expert dietician.

Celiac disease is a chronic, autoimmune digestive disease that damages small intestinal villi and interferes with absorption of nutrients. While much is known about the development of the disease and its effect on the body, questions remain about screening, diagnosis and patient care now and in the years ahead.

I’ve been engaged in celiac disease for more than 30 years, and for a long time it was what I call an orphaned disease, with less than a handful of expatriate academics exhibiting any interest in it.

NAPLES, Florida — In this video, Jennifer L. Seminerio, MD, stresses the importance of medical professionals “arming themselves with information” about alternative therapies, a topic she presented at the 2022 ACG/FGS Spring Symposium.

Higher fiber intake, specifically cereal fiber, was associated with lower levels of inflammation and a reduced risk for CVD in older adults, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Weight loss induced by FDA-approved endoscopic bariatric and metabolic therapies improved several features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, with significant improvement in liver fibrosis, according to research.

Eating meat five times or less per week was linked to a lower overall risk for cancer, according to observational findings published in BMC Medicine.

Pre-existing fecal microbiome diversity was unaffected by gluten challenge in patients with celiac disease and nonceliac gluten sensitivity, according to data published in Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology.

Healio presents the following collection of stories from Crohn’s and Colitis Congress 2022. Topics include the effectiveness of intestinal ultrasound, cultural barriers in inflammatory bowel disease care, therapeutics coming down the IBD pipeline and more.