New from Poland:
The Usefulness of the Low-FODMAP Diet with Limited Tryptophan Intake in the Treatment of Diarrhea-Predominant
Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Free:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/8/1837

Conclusions: Lowering the TRP* content in a low-FODMAP diet may be useful in treating IBS-D.

#FODMAP #FODMAPs #IBS #IBSD #IrritableBowelSyndrome #IrritableBowel @ibs

*Tryptophan

"The effect of melatonin on #IrritableBowelSyndrome patients with and without sleep disorders: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial study"

"#Melatonin can be considered an effective treatment for improving #IBS score, #GI symptoms, & quality of life in IBS patients with & without sleep disorders. It is also effective to improve sleep parameters in IBS patients with sleep disorders"

Free:
https://bmcgastroenterol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12876-023-02760-0

Trial uses a high dose of melatonin

@ibs #IrritableBowel

Tomorrow is #WorldIBSDay

I wish when I was diagnosed with #IrritableBowelSyndrome the gastroenterologist had been on the look out for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis which I had all the symptoms of at that time & is often comorbid. It would likely have helped prevent my health deteriorating

#MEcfs #CFS @ibs @mecfs @cfs #IrritableBowel #IrritableBowelSyndrome #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #MEcfs #CFS #MyalgicE #PwME #MEeps #CFSME #CFIDS #SEID #NeuroME

“New Research Links #IrritableBowelSyndrome to Reduced Bacterial Diversity

https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-links-irritable-bowel-syndrome-to-reduced-bacterial-diversity/

“The investigators combined their own dataset with 9 published, shared datasets, encompassing 576 IBS patients and 487 healthy controls”

#IrritableBowel #IBS @ibs #gutmicrobes #gutmicrobiome #gutmicrobiota