Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Treating irritable bowel syndrome with a food elimination diet followed by food challenge and probiotics
J Am Coll Nutr. 2006 Dec;25(6):514-22.
Treating irritable bowel syndrome with a food elimination diet followed by food challenge and probiotics.
Drisko J, Bischoff B, Hall M, McCallum R.
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. jdrisko@kumc.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: In Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the gut-associated immune system may be up-regulated resulting in immune complex production, low-grade inflammation, loss of Class I bacteria, and translocation of inflammatory mediators and macromolecules outside of the GI lumen. Since food intolerance may be one of the reasons for this upregulation, our goal was to investigate the role of food intolerance in IBS patients.