Nutrition News

There is no definitive cure for patients suffering from gastroparesis.

High gluten intake during the first 5 years of life may increase the risk for celiac disease, according to findings published in JAMA.

Moderate consumption of red wine helped to promote better diversity within the gut microbiome, which could contribute to the libation’s many reported health benefits, according to study results.

Beyond Celiac – a leading nonprofit supporting research in celiac disease – announced the award of two long-term grants funding an established researcher as well as a new pilot study.

Before 2015, managing obesity was the realm of other specialties. Although gastroenterologists have traditionally dealt with some of the comorbidities of obesity, they were not in position to target the root cause and provide relief in the form of weight management. That changed with the clinical introduction and FDA approval of several devices and procedures for the endoscopic management of obesity and metabolic disease, putting GIs right in the middle of the obesity epidemic.

In this guest commentary, Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, a Boston-based registered dietitian, addresses the results of a recent case report published in an open-access journal that indicated that a plant-based diet induced remission in a patient with Crohn’s disease. The results received a significant amount of social media attention and touted a plant-based diet as a ‘cure’, however as Scarlata notes, that’s not necessarily the case.

In this guest commentary, Samantha Nazareth, MD, FACG, a gastroenterologist in private practice, offers several take-home messages from the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit 2019, organized by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility (ESNM). As Nazareth noted, some of the takeaways may be surprising.

Deficiencies in micronutrients like zinc, copper and vitamin B12 are common in patients with celiac disease, according to study results.

Using a uniform “U” stitch suture pattern across all endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty procedures could provide a safe and effective option for the management of obesity and overweight, according to study results.

Eating fatty or lean fish or shellfish as part of a regular diet may help decrease the risk for colorectal cancer, according to study results.