Journal of Nutrition and Health

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Effect of web-based personalized nutrition management on gut microbiota in Korean patients with irritable bowel syndrome aged between 20 and 30 years

  • Woori Na (Department of Food and Nutrition, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Dayoung Oh (Department of Food and Nutrition, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Seohyeon Hwang (Department of Food and Nutrition, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Cheongmin Sohn (Department of Food and Nutrition, Wonkwang University)
  • Received : 2023.11.22
  • Accepted : 2024.01.11
  • Published : 2024.02.28
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Abstract

Purpose: Dietary habits are strongly related to the symptoms of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Therefore, personalized nutrition management can help reduce symptoms and improve the quality of life of people with IBS. This study assessed the effectiveness of a personalized web-based nutrition management based on the types of food that trigger IBS symptoms. Methods: Sixty Korean adults with IBS according to Rome IV criteria in their 20s and 30s were enrolled in this study. The data from the final 49 patients who completed a three-month personalized nutrition intervention were analyzed. The general information, anthropometry, dietary intake survey, and gut microbiota were examined pre and post-intervention. The gut microbiota analysis included the relative abundance and the Shannon index. The food intake was recorded for two days for personalized nutrition education, followed by three months of personalized nutrition intervention. Statistical analysis was performed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test in SPSS 26.0, with the significance set to p < 0.05. Results: The relative abundance of the gut microbiota changed after personalized nutrition management, with a significant decrease in the presence of Veillonella (p = 0.048). Furthermore, when the gut microbiota was analyzed according to the type of food that triggers symptoms, the diversity was increased significantly in the high fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) type (p = 0.031) and FODMAPs-containing gluten-type personalized nutrition intervention types (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Gut microbial diversity and gut microbiota distribution changed after using web-based personalized nutrition management. Hence, personalized nutrition management that considers trigger foods may improve IBS symptoms.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Kore (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIP) (No. NRF-2020R1A2C1014177).

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