Habitual Intake of Macronutrients and Fermentable Oligo-, Di-, Monosaccharides and Polyols is not associated with Irritable Bowel Syndrome-like Symptoms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Purpose: Almost a third of patients with inactive inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from symptoms compatible with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-like symptoms). The relation between these symptoms and diet in patients with IBD is not fully established. We aimed to assess associations between IBS-like symptoms and intake of macronutrients and fermentable oligo-, di-, monosaccharides, and polyols (FODMAPs) in patients with inactive IBD compared to an IBD-free background population.