Nutrition News

Relative proportions of celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity among individuals who avoid dietary gluten vary significantly across the U.S. and the world, according to new research.

Exclusive enteral nutrition was as effective as corticosteroids for inducing remission in pediatric Crohn’s disease, according to a new meta-analysis.

The rate of dietary supplement exposures doubled from 2000 to 2012, according to research recently published in the Journal of Medical Toxicology.

Patients diagnosed with nonceliac wheat sensitivity continued to experience symptoms when exposed to wheat over a median study period of more than 8 years, leading researchers to conclude that the condition is persistent.

Alcresta Therapeutics, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for the use of its digestive enzyme cartridge Relizorb in pediatric patients as young as 5 years old with fat malabsorption, according to a press release.

New data has revealed a link between high adherence to a Mediterranean diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, legumes and olive oil, and a lower risk for cholecystectomy among French women.

Individuals who routinely consume nonnutritive sweeteners may have an increased risk for long-term weight gain, obesity, diabetes, high BP and heart disease, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

New researched showed an association between nonadherence to medications for inflammatory bowel disease and increased health care costs in young patients, especially in those whose nonadherence increased over time, according to new research.

The combination of a low FODMAP diet and a prebiotic supplement resulted in significantly greater symptom improvement in patients with irritable bowel syndrome compared with those assigned to a sham diet and placebo in a three-arm parallel randomized controlled trial.

Among people of various ethnicities and cultures, higher coffee consumption — whether caffeinated or decaffeinated — was associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality benefits, according to two new studies published in Annals of Internal Medicine.