Worsening of Bowel Symptoms Through Diet in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

To the Editor:
The work of Limdi et al1 has highlighted diet as important environmental factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is still underrepresented in IBD research.2 Although we all know that everything what we consume comes into direct contact with our intestine, we still have no clue to what extent food determines the health of the (inflammatory) bowel. Further mapping of IBD symptoms in relation to food is an important step to elucidate this dispute. [...]