Nutrition News

ORLANDO — As patients with Crohn’s disease seek guidance on how to handle their condition, there remains a knowledge gap regarding what, if any, specific dietary recommendations could become a mainstay therapy, according to a presentation at Advances in Inflammatory Bowel Disease 2019.

Replacing a few servings per day of either coffee, tea or soda with water may reduce risk for symptoms of GERD, according to study results.

SAN ANTONIO — Obesity and underweight were associated with worse colorectal cancer outcomes, recurrence and mortality, compared with normal weight, according to results of a meta-analysis presented at the American College of Gastroenterology Annual Meeting.

SAN ANTONIO — While avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder has often been associated by clinicians with underlying psychiatric and eating disorders, data presented at the American College of Gastroenterology Meeting revealed lower body image concerns and increased frustration with not being able to eat among patients with the intake disorder.

SAN ANTONIO — Starting this weekend, Healio Gastroenterology and Liver Disease will provide live coverage as the exclusive media partner of the American College of Gastroenterology’s 84th Annual Scientific Meeting.

Short-term diet changes for young adults may significantly reduce depression symptoms, according to results from an Australian randomized controlled trial published in PLoS One.

Researchers found that while consumption of red and processed meat, poultry, and cholesterol correlated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, dietary fiber intake may reduce the risk for fatty liver and related advanced liver disease, according to data from a multiethnic cohort study.

SAN ANTONIO — Healio will host its second Disruptive Innovators reception during the American College of Gastroenterology’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ACG 2019) on October 27, 2019, at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio.

Over the course of 22 years of follow-up, treatment for Helicobacter pylori infection, as well as vitamin and garlic supplementation, reduced the risk for death due to gastric cancer.

Researchers found that a modified Mediterranean-ketogenic diet can impact the gut microbiome in a way that decreases risk for Alzheimer’s disease.