Element intake in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Introduction: Malnutrition is a serious problem in inflammatory bowel diseases. Since the main natural sources of essential elements are foodstuffs, a questionnaire were made for the determination of the nutritional habit and element intake in IBD. Patients: 50 IBD patients (25 male, 25 female) and 50 healthy volunteers (35 male, 15 female) were asked to complete the questionnaire. Results: Our survey shows that the consumption of plant foodstuffs (fruits and vegetables) amount to 146kg/year (0.4kg/day) for IBD patients and 171.6kg/year (0.47kg/day) for controls. The element intake was different in the two group…