Effect, Tolerability, and Safety of Exclusive Palatable Elemental Diet in Patients with Intestinal Microbial Overgrowth

• Published in: Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology
• Main Authors: Rezaie, Ali, Chang, Bianca W., de Freitas Germano, Juliana, Leite, Gabriela, Mathur, Ruchi, Houser, Krystyna, Hosseini, Ava, Brimberry, Daniel, Rashid, Mohamad, Mehravar, Sepideh, Villanueva-Millan, Maria Jesus, Sanchez, Maritza, Weitsman, Stacy, Fajardo, Cristina M., Rivera, Ignacio G., Joo, Lijin, Chan, Yin, Barlow, Gillian M., Pimentel, Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 04.04.2025
• Subjects: Archaea; Elemental Diet; Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Microbiome; SMM; SAGIS; Elemental Diet; SIBO; Archaea; IMO; PED; Microbiome; ED; LBT; RA; single daily methane measurements; intestinal methanogen overgrowth; relative abundance; Structured Assessment of Gastrointestinal Symptoms; lactulose breath test; small intestinal bacterial overgrowth; palatable elemental diet

Elemental diets (EDs) have desirable safety and efficacy profiles in several clinical settings partly because of modulation of gut microbiome. Palatability of EDs remains the main barrier to compliance/adherence, and their effect has not been prospectively explored in microbiome-driven disorders, su...