Dietary interventions for disorders of gut-brain interaction: FODMAPs and beyond FODMAPs KU Leuven
Two of the most common disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI) are functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), affecting 15% of the population worldwide. A diet with established efficacy in IBS is the low Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, Monosaccharides and Polyols (FODMAP) diet. During my PhD, a blinded reintroduction phase identified individual FODMAP triggers and the efficacy of the diet in FD showed promising results. The diet ...