Identifying dietary triggers after EN remission in children with Crohn’s.

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The high risk of relapse after reintroduction of fiber and cereals can simply be mitigated by employing low residue diets.

They need to do many more of these studies, the sample size needs to be bigger.

The association with the reintroduction of fiber/cereals and return of inflammation is strong, but we need bigger studies.
 
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thanks for the paper. not surprised that reintroducing grains can/does reintroduce ibd symptoms. grains are problematic and should be eliminated/reduced - esp for someone with a history of dysbiosis/ibd
 
Similar study with similar conclusion. Risk of relapse is strongly associated with intake of fiber and saturated fats.


Dietary intake of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: A comparison with individuals from a general population and associations with relapse

Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Background and aims: Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) often hold strong beliefs on how diet impacts their disease. This study aimed to compare dietary intakes between IBD patients and individuals from the general population and to assess associations of dietary factors with relapse in patients with IBD.

Methods: Patients with longstanding Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (n = 165) filled out food frequency questionnaires, as did individuals participating in a Dutch population-based study (controls) (n = 1469). Multivariable regression analyses were used to assess differences in habitual dietary intake between IBD patients and controls, and to estimate associations of dietary factors in patients in remission with the development of disease relapse at follow-up.

Results: IBD patients had higher intakes of animal protein (3.50 g/d, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.67-5.34) and carbohydrate (10.1 g/d, 95% CI 5.23-14.9) than controls and lower intakes of (unsaturated) fat (-3.53 g/d, 95% CI -5.57- -1.50), dietary fiber (-2.19 g/d, 95% CI -3.05- -1.32) and alcohol (-0.84 g/d, 95% CI -1.46- -0.22). This was explained by a higher consumption of carbonated beverages, meat and poultry and lower consumption of fruit, vegetables and dairy products (except cheese) by IBD patients compared with controls.
Several dietary factors, particularly (saturated) fat and fiber, appeared to be associated with risk of relapse.
 
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