irritable bowel syndrome;low-FODMAPs diet;symptom profile;tritordeum 1. Introduction Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a functional, non-organic gastrointestinal (GI) disorder that significantly affects the quality of life (QoL) of about 5–10% of the adult population in Western countries [1,2...
For decades we’ve been told that fat is detrimental to our health. Meanwhile, low-fat “diet” products, often full of sugar, flooded supermarket shelves. This coincided with the beginning of the obesity epidemic and, in hindsight, was likely a major mistake. While the proliferation of low...
The term “lipids” broadly includes naturally occurring molecules including fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins (such as vitamins A, D, E and K), monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, phospholipids, etc. The term “amylase” refers to glycoside hydrolase enzymes that break down ...