Open AccessRole of diet and nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease
Author(s) -
Myrella Léssio Castro,
Lívia Bitencourt Pascoal,
Karine Mariane Steigleder,
Beatriz Piatezzi Siqueira,
Ligiana Pires Corona,
Maria de Lourdes Setsuko Ayrizono,
Marciane Milanski,
Raquel Franco Leal
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
world journal of experimental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-315X
DOI - 10.5493/wjem.v11.i1.1
Subject(s) - inflammatory bowel disease , medicine , disease , inflammatory bowel diseases , gastroenterology
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are closely linked to nutrition. The latest research indicates that diet and nutrition are significantly involved in the etiopathogenesis of the disease, although their specific role throughout its clinical course still remains unclear. This study reviewed how diet and nutrition are associated with IBD development and management. Even though specific diets have been shown to bring about positive outcomes, there is currently no scientific consensus regarding an appropriate diet that would benefit all IBD patients. We suggest that individualized dietary recommendations are of the greatest importance and that diets should be planned to provide individual IBD patients with specific nutrient requirements while keeping all the clinical aspects of the patients in mind. Further research is clearly necessary to investigate nutritional factors involved in IBD development and, especially, to evaluate the applications of the diets during the course of the disease.