Talk:Elemental diet

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Alternative?[edit]

Can anyone do some more research on this and find out if it's alternative or not? Thanks, Erythromycin (talk) 19:42, 15 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's a recognised clinical therapy (I asked the dieticians) Nickopotamus (talk) 10:46, 9 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Vivonex?[edit]

"Vivonex" is not found anywhere on Wikipedia, save for this article. A clarification/definition is in order. Thank you, Wordreader (talk) 06:05, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

SIBO[edit]

An elemental diet is the most effective treatment for SIBO. It's easily absorbed in the small bowel and starves the overgrowth of bacteria as a result. Practitioners typically prescribe antibiotics as a first-line treatment because an elemental diet is highly restrictive, some taste quite bad, and they can be expensive.

My first edit adding information regarding efficacy in treating SIBO referred to a study authored by the world's leading IBS researcher, Dr. Mark Pimentel at Cedars Sinai. As a new Wikipedia editor, I'm coming up-to-speed on the guidelines. I understand now the policy and reasoning behind not citing primary source.

However, I added back the information this time citing a review article from Mayo Clinic as a secondary source and the information was reverted again: https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(16)30589-4/fulltext

@Alexbrn: it's not clear to me what the objection is. WP:MEDRS has been cited, but I've read through the guidelines and this source seems to meet them. It's an independent secondary review article from a highly reputable source. Apologies for my first attempt missing the mark. I hope that my early misinformed attempts do not prevent any discussion of SIBO on this page in the future. 108.211.109.39 (talk) 22:17, 15 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

My mistake - from the ref this looked like something just on the Mayo site (and Mayo Clinic is not generally a reliable source) - but looking closer I see it has been reputably published:

Krajicek EJ, Hansel SL (2016). "Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: A Primary Care Review". Mayo Clin Proc (Review). 91 (12): 1828–1833. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.07.025. PMID 27916156.

I see there is also:

Rezaie A, Pimentel M, Rao SS (2016). "How to Test and Treat Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth: an Evidence-Based Approach". Curr Gastroenterol Rep (Review). 18 (2): 8. doi:10.1007/s11894-015-0482-9. PMID 26780631.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

I think something from these is due. Alexbrn (talk) 06:14, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Alexbrn: for taking another look! 108.211.109.39 (talk) 06:41, 16 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]