Nutrition News

Frequent consumption of gluten may be associated with a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention / Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2017 Scientific Sessions in Portland, Oregon.

Researchers associated various dietary factors to the risk for acute pancreatitis in a large study cohort representing multiple ethnicities.

Individuals on a gluten-free diet may be exposing themselves to higher levels of arsenic and mercury, according to new research.

By comparing a whole grain-based diet and a refined grain-based diet, researchers showed a modest improvement in stool, gut microbiota and immune response in those who consumed more whole grains.

An elemental diet reduced eosinophilic inflammation, improved symptoms and induced clinical remission in adults with eosinophilic esophagitis, according to prospective study data.

Patients with lactose intolerance who received RP-G28, a high purity short-chain galactooligosaccharide prebiotic, experienced clinical improvements that correlated with significant alterations in their gut microbiome, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis achieved clinical remission after specific carbohydrate diet therapy, according to the results of a small prospective study.

Bifidobacterium infantis 35624, a probiotic often used to treat patients with irritable bowel syndrome, was not superior to placebo for improving abdominal discomfort and bloating in a healthy non-patient population studied in a double blind randomized controlled trial.

About half of patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome had adequate symptom relief on either a low FODMAP diet or traditional IBS dietary advice, according to results from a randomized controlled trial.