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Microbiome, IBS and Colitis

The Microbiome plays a pivotal role in our overall well-being and health.  It can be tricky to feed the gut what it needs especially when you already experience comfort from foods that are supposed to be good for you!

Our Microbiome supporting supplement the ‘Core’ can play an important role in ensuring you are covering your main bases. It is a great Kickstarter but also a useful maintenance supplement that covers the key strains to promote your ongoing health.  

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The below was taken from an excellent update from BANT with some superb resources around IBS/IBD/Colitis.  Their expert panel shared the following details and links:

Efficacy of a Synbiotic Containing Lactobacillus paracasei DKGF1 and Opuntia humifusa in Elderly Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Gut and Liver. 2023. With Expert Review from Ana-Paula Agrela

Efficacy and dose response of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum in diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome in World Journal of Gastroenterology. 2023. With Expert Review from Chloe Steele

Effect of the probiotic strain, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum P9, on chronic constipation: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in Pharmacological Research. 2023. With Expert Review from Kirsty Baxter

Low FODMAP diet reduces gastrointestinal symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome and clinical response could be predicted by symptom severity: A randomized crossover trial in Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland). 2022. With Expert Review from Kirsty Baxter

Predictors of Symptom-Specific Treatment Response to Dietary Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Nutrients. 2022. With Expert Review from Wilma Kristen

Efficacy and Acceptability of Dietary Therapies in Non-Constipated Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized Trial of Traditional Dietary Advice, the Low FODMAP Diet, and the Gluten-Free Diet in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology : the Official Clinical Practice Journal of the American Gastroenterological Association. 2022. With Expert Review from Karin Elgar

This month, we continue our focus on the microbiome, this time diving into the science on the diet, the microbiome and IBS.

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Recommended Podcasts and Blogposts this Month

Dr Ruscio Radio – A Simple Probiotic Protocol to Improve IBS and Leaky Gut

Dr Ruscio Blog – What you should know about IBS and Probiotics

Optibac Probiotics Blog – The Best Probiotics for IBS Symptoms

Your Reference Library

For practitioners, researchers, policymakers and students with particular interest in this area, here’s our long list

Efficacy and Safety of the Adjuvant Use of Probiotic Bacillus clausii Strains in Pediatric Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study in Paediatric Drugs. 2023

An insight into the functional alterations in the gut microbiome of healthy adults in response to a multi-strain probiotic intake: a single arm open label trial in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 2023

Blueberries Improve Abdominal Symptoms, Well-Being and Functioning in Patients with Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders in Nutrients. 2023

Probiotics fortify intestinal barrier function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials in Frontiers in Immunology. 2023

Effects of FODMAPs and Gluten on Gut Microbiota and Their Association with the Metabolome in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Cross-Over Intervention Study in Nutrients. 2023

Efficacy of diet restriction with or without probiotic for treatment of patients with IBS-D: Phase I-II clinical trial in Immunity, Inflammation and Disease. 2023

The Effects of Agave Fructans in a Functional Food Consumed by Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome with Constipation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Nutrients. 2023

Meta-analysis of the efficacy of probiotics to treat diarrhea in Medicine. 2022

Randomised controlled trial: effects of gluten-free diet on symptoms and the gut microenvironment in irritable bowel syndrome in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2022

Fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs), but not gluten, elicit modest symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized three-way crossover trial in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2022

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