Can a Diet Low in Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (FODMAPs) Reduce the Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Cho-Yun Chung; Young-Eun Joo

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Korean J Gastroenterol 2014;64(2):123-125.

Published online: 4 October 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2014.64.2.123

Can a Diet Low in Fermentable Oligosaccharides, Disaccharides, Monosaccharides and Polyols (FODMAPs) Reduce the Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Cho-Yun Chung, Young-Eun Joo

Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

Correspondence to: Young-Eun Joo, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, 160 Baekseo-ro, Dong-gu, Gwangju 501-746, Korea. Tel: +82-62-220-6296, Fax: +82-62-225-8578, E-mail: yejoo@chonnam.ac.kr

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A Diet Low in FODMAPs Reduces Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Fig. 1.

Study protocol. FODMAPs, fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols.

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