Greco S, Bonsi B, Fabbri N. Diet and nutrition against inflammatory bowel disease: Trick or treat(ment)? World J Exp Med 2022; 12(5): 104-107 [PMID: 36196437 DOI: 10.5493/wjem.v12.i5.104]
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Nicolò Fabbri, MD, Surgeon, Unit of General Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, Ospedale del Delta, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, via Valle Oppio 2, Lagosanto, Ferrara 44100, Italy. n.fabbri@ausl.fe.it
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World J Exp Med. Sep 20, 2022; 12(5): 104-107 Published online Sep 20, 2022. doi: 10.5493/wjem.v12.i5.104
Diet and nutrition against inflammatory bowel disease: Trick or treat(ment)?
Salvatore Greco, Beatrice Bonsi, Nicolò Fabbri
Salvatore Greco, Beatrice Bonsi, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara 44100, Italy
Salvatore Greco, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Di Ferrara, Ospedale del Delta, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, Ferrara 44100, Italy
Nicolò Fabbri, Unit of General Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, Ospedale del Delta, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, Ferrara 44100, Italy
Author contributions: Greco S and Fabbri N designed and performed the research; all authors analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare no conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Nicolò Fabbri, MD, Surgeon, Unit of General Surgery, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, Ospedale del Delta, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Ferrara, via Valle Oppio 2, Lagosanto, Ferrara 44100, Italy. n.fabbri@ausl.fe.it
Received: June 2, 2022 Peer-review started: June 2, 2022 First decision: June 16, 2022 Revised: June 21, 2022 Accepted: August 30, 2022 Article in press: August 30, 2022 Published online: September 20, 2022 Processing time: 103 Days and 23.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is alarmingly growing worldwide, and there is still no efficient drug able to induce complete remission since IBD spreads. There is currently no consensus in the medical community about nutritional treatment for the IBD patients, and the role of diet in the disease course is often underestimated. Diet and nutrition seem to have a role not only in preventing the onset of the disease, but also in inducing and keeping temporary remission. Whether specific diets have potential to cure the disease is still uncertain and much research is still needed to clarify their role in this sense. In our opinion, diet and nutrition should be classified as pure treatments against IBD, as it happens for steroids, azathiopirine, mesalazine, or others, and their administration should be indicated by nutrition specialists, with the greatest degree of customization of dosages and dietary plans.
