Role of Nutrition in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
by
Khalid Nawaz
,
Iqra
,
Muneeb Ullah
,
Jin-Wook Yoo
,
Umme Aiman
,
Madiha Ghazanfar
and
Muhammad Naeem
Abstract
The persistent inflammation of the intestinal mucosa is the main characteristic of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a lifelong illness that affects people of both genders. The exact etiology is still undefined while previously it was attributed to genetic components. Later, it was investigated that the environment has an equal effect on the development of IBD encompassing both Crohn’s disease (CD) and Ulcerative colitis (UC). Among environmental risk factors linked to IBD, diet, notably the tra [...]