Dietary Guidance and Nutritional Support to Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Dear Colleagues,

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that underlies several related diseases. Currently, there is no cure for IBD, and available treatment approaches target reducing inflammation for unspecified periods. An alteration of the gastrointestinal microbiota through dietary therapy was found to reduce IBD and is recognized as a promising therapeutic strategy for IBD. One of the recommended formulated diets is an anti-inflammatory diet (AID) that restricts the intake of carbohydrates with modified fatty acids. This diet also contains probiotics and prebiotics that can promote a balanced intestinal microbiota composition. The aim of this Special Issue on “Dietary Guidance and Nutritional Support to Inflammatory Bowel Disease” is to evaluate the AID diet’s effectiveness, which will be useful for clinicians to manage their IBD patients through the application of improved dietary therapy.

This Special Issue welcomes contributions of articles related to this topic; recommended reviews and original articles, brief reports, and communications are also welcome.

Prof. Dr. Roberto Castiglione
Guest Editor

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