ReviewNutrients2020
Low FODMAP Diet: Evidence, Doubts, and Hopes.
Review in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07000227 (Mechanism of FODMAP Restriction on Gut Microbiota and Gut Barrier Function in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 88 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Mechanism of FODMAP Restriction on Gut Microbiota and Gut Barrier Function in Functional Gastrointestinal Disorder Patients : A Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
88 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 208 citations in OpenAlex.
- European Consensus on Functional Bloating and Abdominal Distension-An ESNM/UEG Recommendations for Clinical Management.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025Guideline
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Autism - A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- European guideline on indications, performance, and clinical impact of hydrogen and methane breath tests in adult and pediatric patients: European Association for Gastroenterology, Endoscopy and Nutrition, European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility, and European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition consensus.United European gastroenterology journal · 2022Guideline
- A Low-FODMAP Diet Improves the Global Symptoms and Bowel Habits of Adult IBS Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Pooled it
- The Effect of a Low-FODMAP Diet on Quality of Life, Severity of Symptoms and Leaky Gut in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Nutrients · 2026Trial
- Constipation with bloating: a clinical approach to evaluation and management.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- The Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides, and Polyols Diet Is Effective in Irritable Bowel Syndrome With Constipation: A Single Center Tertiary Care Clinical Practice Evaluation.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2026Article
- Nutritional Management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The Role of FODMAPs in Sports Nutrition: A Narrative Review and Clinical Implications.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Nonpharmacological Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Current Insights and Future Directions.Journal of nutrition and metabolism · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of the low FODMAP diet in patients with irritable bowel syndrome and small intestine bacterial overgrowth syndrome.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Frequency of FODMAP-rich products consumption and irritable bowel syndrome-like symptoms among amateur runners.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Impact of low-FODMAP diet on symptom relief in irritable bowel syndrome patients.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Optimizing Nutritional Balance: Integrating the Mediterranean Diet into Low-FODMAP Nutrition.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Exploring exhaled breath biomarkers for lactose intolerance diagnosis: the Lactobreath pilot study protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Unraveling the nutritional challenges in epilepsy: Risks, deficiencies, and management strategies: A systematic review.World journal of experimental medicine · 2025Article
- Improvement of Gastrointestinal, Metabolic, and Thyroid Biomarkers through Advanced Diagnostic Techniques and Functional Nutrition Approach in 40-Year-Old Female: A Case Report.Integrative medicine (Encinitas, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Review
- The effect of low-FODMAP diet on patients with irritable bowel syndrome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
28 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Food is often considered to be a precipitating factor of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in FODMAPs (Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, Mono-saccharides, And Polyols), which can be found in many common foods. A low FODMAP diet (LFD) is increasingly suggested for IBS treatment. However, long-term, large, randomized controlled studies are still lacking, and certainties and doubts regarding LFDs have grown, often in a disorderly and confused manner. Some potential LFD limitations and concerns have been raised, including nutritional adequacy, cost, and difficulty in teaching the diet and maintaining it. Most of these limitations can be solved with the involvement of a skilled nutritionist, who can clearly explain the different phases of the LFD and ensure nutritional adequacy and compliance. Further studies should focus on new methods of teaching and learning the LFD and on predictors of response. Moreover, particular interest should be focused on the possible use of LFD in gastrointestinal diseases other than functional disorders and, possibly, also in non-gastrointestinal diseases. The aim of the present review was to clarify the effective and appropriate indications and limitations of an LFD and to discuss its possible future uses.
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