ReviewAdvances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.)2015
Low-residue and low-fiber diets in gastrointestinal disease management.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
A 3-day Versus 1-day Low Residue Diet to Improve Colonoscopy Preparation Result and Patient Tolerability: A Prospective, Randomized, Single-blinded, Controlled Trial
Early Introduction of Regular Diet Versus Extended Low Residue Restriction After Colon Surgery
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exploring the gut-exercise link: A systematic review of gastrointestinal disorders in physical activity.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- MASCC multidisciplinary evidence-based recommendations for the management of malignant bowel obstruction in advanced cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Pooled it
- Guideline
- Impact of Milk Consumption the Day Before Colonoscopy on Bowel Preparation Quality: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Trial
- Donor composition and fiber promote strain engraftment in a randomized controlled trial of fecal microbiota transplant for ulcerative colitis.Med (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Trial
- Low-residue diet with oral nutritional supplements prior to colonoscopy improves the quality of bowel preparation: an endoscopist-blinded, randomized controlled trial.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Trial
- Effects of a nutrition intervention on acute and late bowel symptoms and health-related quality of life up to 24 months post radiotherapy in patients with prostate cancer: a multicentre randomised controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Trial
- A 3-day low-fibre diet does not improve colonoscopy preparation results compared to a 1-day diet: A randomized, single-blind, controlled trial.United European gastroenterology journal · 2019Trial
- Randomized Clinical Trial: A Normocaloric Low-Fiber Diet the Day Before Colonoscopy Is the Most Effective Approach to Bowel Preparation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Colonoscopy.Diseases of the colon and rectum · 2019Trial
- The Clinical Importance of Adequate Bowel Preparation.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2026Review
- Dietary Strategies for Gut Barrier Integrity in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The Impact of Fiber and Beyond.Cureus · 2026Review
- Research progress on intestinal preparation before colonoscopy.World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2025Review
- Precision microbiota therapy for IBD: premise and promise.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Low dietary fiber diet does not reduce risk for adhesive small bowel obstruction development: self-controlled study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Dietary Interventions and Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Evidence and Future Directions.Nutrients · 2025Review
- What is the evidence for dietary modification in the management and prevention of malignant bowel obstruction? A scoping review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- One-day low-residue diet is equally effective as the multiple-day low-residue diet in achieving adequate bowel cleansing: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Clinical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Review
- The interplay between mitochondria, the gut microbiome and metabolites and their therapeutic potential in primary mitochondrial disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- To Fiber or Not to Fiber: The Swinging Pendulum of Fiber Supplementation in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Nutrients · 2023Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Recently, low-residue diets were removed from the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics' Nutrition Care Manual due to the lack of a scientifically accepted quantitative definition and the unavailability of a method to estimate the amount of food residue produced. This narrative review focuses on defining the similarities and/or discrepancies between low-residue and low-fiber diets and on the diagnostic and therapeutic values of these diets in gastrointestinal disease management. Diagnostically, a low-fiber/low-residue diet is used in bowel preparation. A bowel preparation is a cleansing of the intestines of fecal matter and secretions conducted before a diagnostic procedure. Therapeutically, a low-fiber/low-residue diet is part of the treatment of acute relapses in different bowel diseases. The available evidence on low-residue and low-fiber diets is summarized. The main findings showed that within human disease research, the terms "low residue" and "low fiber" are used interchangeably, and information related to the quantity of residue in the diet usually refers to the amount of fiber. Low-fiber/low-residue diets are further explored in both diagnostic and therapeutic situations. On the basis of this literature review, the authors suggest redefining a low-residue diet as a low-fiber diet and to quantitatively define a low-fiber diet as a diet with a maximum of 10 g fiber/d. A low-fiber diet instead of a low-residue diet is recommended as a diagnostic value or as specific therapy for gastrointestinal conditions.
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