The right diet may be the best medicine for easing the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), new research shows.
In the study, two different eating plans beat standard medications in treating the debilitating symptoms of the gastrointestinal disease. One,” a group of sugars and carbohydrates found in dairy, wheat and certain fruits and vegetables, while the second was a low-carb regimen high inis one of the most common and stubborn conditions gastroenterologists treat. It affects roughly 6 percent of Americans, with women diagnosed more often than men.
After four weeks, 76 percent of those in the low-FODMAP group and 71 percent of those in the low-carbohydrate group reported significant reductions in their symptoms, while only 58 percent of those in the medication group reported improvements. Among participants who noticed improvements, those in the diet groups reported much greater symptom relief than those in the medication group, Nybacka added.
After the four weeks, some participants continued taking the medications and following the dietary changes. At six months, those in the diet groups still had fewer symptoms than they did at the start of the trial, despite the fact that most of them did not stick as closely to the diets. But because the trial was conducted on a relatively small group of people at a single medical center in Sweden, the findings will need to be confirmed in larger and more diverse groups of people, he added.Still, the findings confirm that dietary changes can be an important option for treating IBS, Chey added.
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