[Dietary treatment in patients with irritable bowel syndrome]

The author claims that dietary treatment of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) consists of methods aiming at improvement of abdominal symptoms and functional disorder of the bowel. Patients with constipation are recommended to take dietary fiber positively, while those with diarrhea should consume sparingly food which may cool their body. Both should avoid overeating and overdrinking, and have regular dietary habits. In order to improve the functional disorder of the bowel, it is necessary for those patients (1) to be careful not to take often refined cereals or manufactured foods, (2) to eat green and yellow vegetables and seaweeds positively, as well as, protein and fat in proper quantity, and (3) to take care of the well-balanced intake of various kinds of vitamins, minerals and other nutriments.