Research Article

Food avoidance in irritable bowel syndrome leads to a nutrition-deficient diet

Published in: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Volume 27 , issue 1 , 2014 , pages: 25–30

DOI: 10.1080/16070658.2014.11734481

Author(s): C. Stevenson Division of Human Nutrition, , R. Blaauw Division of Human Nutrition, , E. Fredericks Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, , J. Visser Division of Human Nutrition, , S. Roux Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology,

Keywords: irritable bowel syndrome , dietary intake , fibre , fructose

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Abstract

Objective: The objective was to assess the dietary intake of subjects with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and to compare it to that of international recommendations. The hypothesising assumption of this study was that a situation in which subjects insist that diet or trigger foods play a part in symptom generation may lead to an unbalanced dietary intake.

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