Frontiers in Nutrition
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Why This Matters
This study points to possible differences in fiber intake and the food sources of tryptophan between IBD patients and healthy people—factors that could be relevant for future dietary guidance or research, but the results are preliminary.
Who Should Pay Attention
Adult IBD patients (UC and CD), gastroenterology clinicians, dietitians/nutritionists, and researchers interested in diet–IBD links.
Study Snapshot
Story typeResearch paper
Evidence typeResearch paper
Source depthJournal abstract
What To Know
This observational cross-sectional study from Argentina compared seven-day dietary records and plasma tryptophan in 14 healthy controls, 15 UC patients, and 10 CD patients. Overall energy, macronutrient, and total tryptophan intake were similar across groups.
Exploratory analyses suggested lower fiber intake in UC and differences in the food-source contribution to dietary tryptophan (for example, less cheese and whole cereals, relatively more meat in UC), but none of these findings remained significant after correction for multiple testing.
Disease-activity subgroup analyses were very small and presented as descriptive only.
Keep In Mind
Results are exploratory and did not remain significant after multiple-testing correction; subgroup analyses had very small n. This is an abstract-level summary of the journal article.
Source Details
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PublicationFrontiers in Nutrition
PublisherFrontiers Media SA
AuthorsVictoria Lambert, Leonela Tantucci, Dafne Cabrera +5 more
Study typeJournal Article
Indexed viaCrossref
Source typeResearch paper
PublishedOct 14, 2026, 12:00 AM
Content availableJournal abstract
Funding disclosed by the source: Fundación para el Progreso y la Medicina; Especialidad de Inmunología Clinica, FCQ, UNC (Cordoba, Argentina), National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation Fellowship, award PICT2018-02589
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