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Dietary fibre and the irritable bowel syndrome.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  479584     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The dietary fibre intake of 25 patients with the irritable bowel syndrome was assessed by dietary recall over one week for the period before onset of symptoms, at diagnosis and after six months treatment with bran and a fibre-rich diet, and compared with controls matched for age and sex. Mean intake of patients fell from 20.2 g per day before onset of symptoms to 17.8 g at diagnosis (n.s.), when it was significantly less than the controls' intake of 22.6 g (P less than 0.01). The 20 patients who improved with treatment increased their intake from 18.9 g to 24.8 g (P less than 0.02); the five patients who did not improve did not increase their intake significantly (13.5 g to 15.6 g).
Authors:
J F Fielding; K Melvin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of human nutrition     Volume:  33     ISSN:  0308-4329     ISO Abbreviation:  J Hum Nutr     Publication Date:  1979 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1979-11-21     Completed Date:  1979-11-21     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7702659     Medline TA:  J Hum Nutr     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  243-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cellulose / therapeutic use*
Colonic Diseases, Functional / diet therapy*
Constipation / physiopathology
Dietary Fiber / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Male
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
9004-34-6/Cellulose

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