Vegetarian or gluten-free diets in patients with inflammatory bowel disease are associated with lower psychological well-being and a different gut microbiota, but no beneficial effects on the course of the disease.
Philipp SchreinerBahtiyar YilmazJean-Benoît RosselYannick FrancBenjamin MisselwitzMichael ScharlJonas ZeitzPascal FreiThomas GreuterStephan R VavrickaValérie PittetAlexander SiebenhünerPascal JuilleratRoland von KänelAndrew J MacphersonGerhard RoglerLuc Biedermannnull nullPublished in: United European gastroenterology journal (2019)
Although we did not identify a relevant impact of a specific diet on the course of the disease, there was a significant association with lower psychological well-being in VD and GFD patients.