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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Prebiotics & Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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Supplementation with 2 selected HMOs improves Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms and quality of life without substantial side effects. These promising results suggest that this novel approach to IBS should be confirmed in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Palsson et al. 2020

A 2019 systematic review in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) patients found no differences between prebiotics and placebo for symptoms and quality of life
Wilson et al., 2019 Am J Clin Nutr. 109(4): 1098–111

Data for Prebiotics were sparse
Ford et al. 2018 Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 48(10): 1044–60

A low [FODMAP diet](brain://jr1BR7j1E0urDaFbN2Qh8A/LowFodmapLfDietIrritableBowe…

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Efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics in irritable bowel syndrome and chronic idiopathic constipation: systematic review and meta-analysis
Ford et al. 2014 Am J Gastroenterol 109(10): 1547-61 quiz 1546-1562
Meta-Analysis
Review
Fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols: Role in irritable bowel syndrome
Tuck et al. 2014 Exp Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 8(7): 819-34
Review
Human Milk Oligosaccharides Support Normal Bowel Function and Improve Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Multicenter, Open-Label Trial
Palsson et al. 2020
Prebiotics in IBS and other functional bowel disorders in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Wilson et al., 2019 Am J Clin Nutr. 109(4): 1098–111
Review
Systematic review with meta-analysis: the efficacy of prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics and antibiotics in IBS
Ford et al. 2018 Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 48(10): 1044–60
Meta-Analysis
Review

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