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- Title
Elemental diet and the nutritional treatment of Crohn's disease.
- Authors
Hunter, John
- Abstract
In this article, the author discusses elemental diet and the nutritional treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Topics discussed include effectiveness of enteral feeding, reduction in production of bacterial metabolites by elemental diet, and treatment of Crohn's disease with immunosuppression. It discusses the production of toxic chemicals including alcohols, aldehydes and the ethyl esters of fatty acids.
- Subjects
ENTERAL feeding; INFLAMMATORY bowel disease treatment; DIET; CROHN'S disease; GASTROENTEROLOGY; MEDICAL practice; NUTRITION; PATIENT compliance; SERIAL publications
- Publication
Gastroenterology & Hepatology from Bed to Bench, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 1, p4
- ISSN
2008-2258
- Publication type
Editorial