ReviewNutrients2023
To Fiber or Not to Fiber: The Swinging Pendulum of Fiber Supplementation in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Review in Nutrients, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Diet and Gut Microbiota in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Clinical and Nutritional Perspective.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Diet in Ulcerative Colitis: A Narrative Review of Its Role in Pathogenesis and Treatment.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Review
- Macrophages in Ulcerative Colitis: Immunomodulatory Roles, Phenotypic Switching, and Therapeutic Targeting.Journal of innate immunity · 2026Review
- Association Between the Dietary Index for Gut Microbiota and Metabolic Syndrome: Mediation Effects of Albumin and Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
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- The Evolving Guidelines on Fiber Intake for Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease; From Exclusion to Texture Modification.Current gastroenterology reports · 2025Review
- From Evidence to Practice: A Narrative Framework for Integrating the Mediterranean Diet into Inflammatory Bowel Disease Management.Nutrients · 2025Review
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- Exclusive enteral nutrition initiates individual protective microbiome changes to induce remission in pediatric Crohn's disease.Cell host & microbe · 2024Article
- Dietary Fibers in Healthy Children and in Pediatric Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Practical Guide.Nutrients · 2023Review
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Abstract
Evidence-based dietary guidance around dietary fiber in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been limited owing to insufficient reproducibility in intervention trials. However, the pendulum has swung because of our increased understanding of the importance of fibers in maintaining a health-associated microbiome. Preliminary evidence suggests that dietary fiber can alter the gut microbiome, improve IBD symptoms, balance inflammation, and enhance health-related quality of life. Therefore, it is now more vital than ever to examine how fiber could be used as a therapeutic strategy to manage and prevent disease relapse. At present, there is limited knowledge about which fibers are optimal and in what form and quantity they should be consumed to benefit patients with IBD. Additionally, individual microbiomes play a strong role in determining the outcomes and necessitate a more personalized nutritional approach to implementing dietary changes, as dietary fiber may not be as benign as once thought in a dysbiotic microbiome. This review describes dietary fibers and their mechanism of action within the microbiome, details novel fiber sources, including resistant starches and polyphenols, and concludes with potential future directions in fiber research, including the move toward precision nutrition.
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