title: An Examination of Diet for the Maintenance of Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
abstract: Diet has been speculated to be a factor in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease and may be an important factor in managing disease symptoms. Patients manipulate their diet in attempt to control symptoms, often leading to the adoption of inappropriately restrictive diets, which places them at risk for nutritional complications. Health professionals struggle to provide evidence-based nutrition guidance to patients due to an overall lack of uniformity or clarity amongst research studies. Well-designed diet studies are urgently needed to create an enhanced understanding of the role diet plays in the management of inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this review is to summarize the current data available on dietary management of inflammatory bowel disease and to demonstrate that dietary modulation may be an important consideration in managing disease. By addressing the relevance of diet in inflammatory bowel disease, health professionals are able to better support patients and collaborate with dietitians to improve nutrition therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, University of British Columbia, Room, ASC 368, 3187 University Way, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada. natasha.haskey@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Natasha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haskey
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, University of British Columbia, Room, ASC 368, 3187 University Way, Okanagan campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada. deanna.gibson@ubc.ca.
authors.forename: Deanna L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D004032:Diet; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy*; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D018529:Nutritional Support; D064887:Observational Studies as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D064167:Recommended Dietary Allowances
keywords: Crohn’s disease; diet; diet therapy; inflammatory bowel disease; nutrition; nutrition therapy; ulcerative colitis