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Effect of an extra-virgin olive oil enriched with probiotics or antioxidants on functional dyspepsia: a pilot study
G Ianiro1, M Pizzoferrato, F Franceschi
1Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. studiogasbarrini@gasbarrini.it
Background:
While antioxidants and probiotics have been proposed for the treatment of functional dyspepsia, current data are still heterogeneous and studies are poorly designed. Extra-virgin olive oil, a common ingredient of Mediterranean diet, has shown antioxidant properties.
Aims:
To evaluate the effect of extra-virgin olive oil enriched with antioxidants or probiotics on functional dyspepsia.
Patients And Methods:
This study has been designed as a "proof of concept". Extra-virgin olive oil enriched with antioxidants or probiotics was blindly added to the common diet of 8 subjects with functional dyspepsia for 7 days. Dyspeptic symptoms were then evaluated in all patients.
Results And Conclusions:
A significant improvement of dyspeptic symptoms was observed in subjects receiving the antioxidant or probiotic enriched oil diet, with a greater effect observed for the latter. Larger studies are now needed to confirm these data.
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