Nutrition News

PHILADELPHIA — The FODMAP diet may offer benefits for some patients with irritable bowel syndrome, but is not a fit for all patients, a speaker at the American College of Physicians Internal Medicine Meeting suggested.

VIENNA — In this exclusive video from the International Liver Congress 2019, Bajaj S. Jasmohan, MD, from the Virginia Commonwealth University and the McGuire VA Medical Center, discusses results from a study in which plasma metabolomics showed systemic differences in circulating lipid metabolites in people who followed a Middle Eastern diet vs. a standard Western Diet.

Diet and lifestyle are tied closely with liver health both as risk factors for complications such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and as the best intervention in the case of fatty liver development and progression.

March may be National Nutrition Month, but the way to obtain a healthy lifestyle through nutrition, or the determinants certain foods and drinks can cause, is the subject of research throughout the year.

Comprehensive continuous care intervention with a ketogenic diet significantly improved surrogate markers of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and advanced fibrosis in patients with type 2 diabetes after 1 year, according to data published in BMJ Open.

Eating a diet high in fat and low in carbohydrates can lead to changes in the gut at the microbiome level that could lead to the development of metabolic disorders, according to study results published in Gut.

Recently published studies have demonstrated new developments on the effect diet and nutrition have on gastrointestinal diseases.

LAS VEGAS — In this exclusive video from Crohn’s & Colitis Congress 2019, Joel R. Rosh, MD, director of pediatric gastroenterology at Goryeb Children’s Hospital, discusses some of the main takeaways from the meeting.

LAS VEGAS — In this exclusive video from Crohn’s & Colitis Congress 2019, D. Brent Polk, MD, AGAF, an attending physician at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, offers some highlights from the meeting.

LAS VEGAS — Malnutrition in patients with inflammatory bowel disease poses risks for disease progression and surgical complications, but careful screening and proactive nutrition management can help, according to an expert presenting at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress 2019.