The right diet may be the best medicine for easing the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome , new research shows.
Treatments often include dietary changes or taking medications that can include laxatives and antidiarrheals; certain antidepressants; and other prescription medications such as linaclotide and lubiprostone — both of which increase fluid in your gut and the movements of your intestines. After noticing that some of their patients also found relief with a low-carbohydrate diet, Nybacka and colleagues decided to design a trial comparing several treatment options.
The last group received groceries and recipes to follow a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, which focused on foods like beef, pork, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese, yogurt, vegetables, nuts and berries.