Nutrition News

Gut microbiota profiles in stool samples of patients with irritable bowel syndrome predicted response to a low FODMAP diet, according to research presented at UEG Week 2016.

LAS VEGAS — Culinary medicine, a new and still-evolving area of medicine, has the potential to reduce the prevalence of various diseases and all-cause mortality, an expert said here in an interview with Healio Internal Medicine at the Cardiometabolic Risk Summit.

A recent survey study conducted by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America found significant knowledge gaps among both patients and health care providers regarding the role of nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease, highlighting the need for improved education and access to nutrition services.

VSL Pharmaceuticals has relocated manufacturing of its probiotic medical food VSL#3 back to Italy to remove all traces of dairy from the process, making it the only dairy-free probiotic medical food available, according to a press release.

Electromagnetic-guided bedside placement of nasoenteral feeding tubes in surgical patients by nurses was found to be comparably effective to endoscopic placement by gastroenterologists in a randomized controlled trial.

A mixture of the probiotic Lactobacillus GG, vitamins B and C, and zinc, appeared to prevent nosocomial infections in children in an Italian randomized controlled trial.

A recent literature review suggested that probiotics could help manage HIV patients’ CD4 counts and medication-related diarrhea, although more studies are required to confirm these benefits and determine best practices.

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases of the NIH has awarded a 4-year $1.8 million grant to a Georgia State researcher studying the role of the gut microbiome in the development of obesity and metabolic syndrome, according to a press release from the university.

Higher intake of tree nuts is associated with lower levels of the inflammatory biomarkers C-reactive protein and interleukin 6, according to new research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Individuals who experience sensitivity to wheat in the absence of celiac disease or wheat allergy had compromised intestinal epithelial barrier integrity and resulting systemic immune activation, according to the results of a new study published in Gut.