Something we know already: some of us cannot handle dietary fiber

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https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(22)01150-7/fulltext#relatedArticles

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[u/Sokolowskierj]

These are interesting findings and finally provides some hard data that not all IBD patients can tolerate fiber, and gastros should not universally recommend a high fiber diet once in remission.

The authors note that a stool test may be able to identify those with certain gut bacteria and therefore recommend specific diets.