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Clinical Trial
. 1987 Aug 29;295(6597):517-20.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.295.6597.517.

Controlled multicentre therapeutic trial of an unrefined carbohydrate, fibre rich diet in Crohn's disease

J K Ritchie  1 , J Wadsworth, J E Lennard-Jones, E Rogers
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Clinical Trial

Controlled multicentre therapeutic trial of an unrefined carbohydrate, fibre rich diet in Crohn's disease

J K Ritchie et al. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). .

Abstract

Between 1 September 1980 and 31 August 1983, 352 patients with inactive or mildly active Crohn's disease but not taking drug treatment apart from sulphasalazine were entered from 40 hospitals into a prospective trial to assess the effects of two different diets on disease activity over two years. One hundred and sixty two patients were randomly allocated to take a diet unrestricted in sugar and low in fibre and 190 to a diet with little or no sugar and high in unrefined carbohydrate. No clear difference in clinical course was detected among patients who accepted the two different types of dietary advice.

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