Nutrition and IBD

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Here's an interesting article, from Canadian researchers, summarizing

the important role of nutrition in correcting nutritional

deficiencies and reducing inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease:

World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Jan 7;13(1):1-7.

Nutritional modulation of the inflammatory response in inflammatory

bowel disease - From the molecular to the integrative to the clinical.

Wild GE, Drozdowski L, Tartaglia C, Clandinin MT, Thomson AB

Zeidler Ledcor Center, 130, University Campus, Edmonton, AB T6G 2X8,

Canada. alan.thomson@....

Nutrient deficiencies are common in patients with inflammatory bowel

disease (IBD). Both total parenteral and enteral nutrition provide

important supportive therapy for IBD patients, but in adults these

are not useful for primary therapy. Dietary intervention with omega-3

polyunsaturated fatty acids contained in fish oil may be useful for

the care of IBD patients, and recent studies have stressed the role

of PPAR on NFkappaB activity on the potential beneficial effect of

dietary lipids on intestinal function. PMID: 17206749.

Full text available at:

http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/13/1.pdf

Dave

(father of (21); PSC 07/03; UC 08/03)