title: Low-fat versus medium-fat enteral diets. Effects on bile salt excretion in jejunostomy patients.
abstract: Nine jejunostomy patients were given three low-residue enteral diets in random order through a nasogastric tube. Total bile salt excretion in the jejunostomy contents was 13-17% lower (p less than 0.05) on low-fat diets than on a medium-fat diet. Cholate excretion was 14-20% lower, but chenodeoxycholate excretion showed no difference on the low-fat diets. The study supports the idea of a lower excretion of bile salts to the colon as an explanation of reduced diarrhoea when a low-fat diet is prescribed to patients after ileal resection.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007081:Ileostomy; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D004041:Dietary Fats