ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics2016
Good adherence to mediterranean diet can prevent gastrointestinal symptoms: A survey from Southern Italy.
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- Effect of dietary patterns on functional dyspepsia in adults: a systematic review.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Efficacy of Mediterranean Diet vs. Low-FODMAP Diet in Patients With Nonconstipated Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2025Trial
- Clinical Trial: A Mediterranean Low-FODMAP Diet Alleviates Symptoms of Non-Constipation IBS-Randomized Controlled Study and Volatomics Analysis.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Prevalence of functional gastrointestinal disorders in children with celiac disease on different types of gluten-free diets.World journal of gastroenterology · 2022Trial
- Planetary health diet index and risk of irritable bowel syndrome: a prospective cohort study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between Mediterranean diet adherence and dyspeptic symptoms in older adults: a cross-sectional study in a geriatric outpatient population.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Mindful eating and Chrono-Mediterranean diet adherence associated with lower gastrointestinal symptom burden in young adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Gastrointestinal symptoms and the Mediterranean dietary pattern: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial in a population with increased cardiometabolic risk.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Optimizing Nutritional Balance: Integrating the Mediterranean Diet into Low-FODMAP Nutrition.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Methane, Bacteria, Fungi, and Fermentation: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, Intestinal Methanogen Overgrowth and Small Intestinal Fungal Overgrowth.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- Adherence to EAT-Lancet diet and odds of irritable bowel syndrome and functional dyspepsia: the Isfahan functional disorders (ISFUN) study.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- Association of Mediterranean Diet Adherence With Chronic Constipation and Chronic Diarrhea: Findings From NHANES.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Impact of Mediterranean Diet Adherence in Early Pregnancy on Nausea, Vomiting, and Constipation.Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Paediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Abdominal Pain Disorders-Comparative Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Proposing a unified Mediterranean diet score to address the current conceptual and methodological challenges in examining adherence to the Mediterranean diet.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- The association between the Mediterranean Diet and the prime diet quality score and new-diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome: a matched case-control study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Development of a tool to assess the compliance of cafeteria menus with the Mediterranean Diet.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- The Role of Diet in the Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- The Association Between a Mediterranean Diet and Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2024Article
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Abstract
aimTo evaluate how different levels of adherence to a mediterranean diet (MD) correlate with the onset of functional gastrointestinal disorders.
methodsAs many as 1134 subjects (598 M and 536 F; age range 17-83 years) were prospectively investigated in relation to their dietary habits and the presence of functional gastrointestinal symptoms. Patients with relevant chronic organic disease were excluded from the study. The Mediterranean Diet Quality index for children and adolescents (KIDMED) and the Short Mediterranean Diet Questionnaire were administered. All subjects were grouped into five categories according to their ages: 17-24 years; 25-34; 35-49; 50-64; above 64.
resultsOn the basis of the Rome III criteria, our population consisted of 719 (63.4%) individuals who did not meet the criteria for any functional disorder and were classified as controls (CNT), 172 (13.3%) patients meeting criteria for prevalent irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and 243 (23.3%) meeting criteria for prevalent functional dyspepsia (FD). A significantly lower adherence score in IBS (0.57 ± 0.23,
conclusionLow adherence to MD may trigger functional gastrointestinal symptoms, mainly in younger subjects. Moreover, with increasing age, patients tend to adopt dietary regimens closer to MD.
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