Diet of women with Crohn's and other gastrointestinal diseases
Brauer, P.M.; Gee, M.I.; Grace, M.; Thomson, A.B.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 82(6): 659-664
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-8223 PMID: 6304179 Document Number: 207760
Diets of women with Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, or miscellaneous organic or functional gastrointestinal problems were investigated by 2-day recalls. When the daily intake of energy nutrients, kilocalories, sugar, starch, crude fiber, and dietary fiber were compared, the irritable bowel syndrome group and the miscellaneous group had significantly lower intakes of energy nutrients than the control and Crohn's disease groups. Carbohydrate intakes were less in the irritable bowel syndrome and miscellaneous groups only in comparison to the Crohn's disease group. These differences can be attributed to the decreased total caloric intake. When mean intake of nutrients per 1000 kcal per day was compared, the differences disappeared. There were no differences among any of the groups in sugar or starch consumption, either on a daily basis or when expressed per 1000 kcal. The crude and dietary fiber intake per 1000 kcal was higher in patients with irritable bowel syndrome than in Crohn's disease patients. These data do not support the assertion that subjects with Crohn's disease consume more sugar than do controls or those with ulcerative colitis. (emc)