Are medical nutrition products safe for gastrointestinal disorders?

Stacy Wiegman, PharmD

Pharmacy

Medical nutrition therapy can benefit a number of gastrointestinal disorders including:

Chronic diarrhea, nausea or constipation
Eosinophilic disorders in your digestive system, in which your body overproduces a certain type of white blood cell
Fat intolerance or steatorrhea (the presence of excess fat in feces)
Gastric bypass surgery
Gluten intolerance
Inflammatory bowel disease, including both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Lactose intolerance
Malabsorption of nutrients
Severe food allergies
Short bowel syndrome

If you have a condition in which you cannot process glucose (sugars), such as diabetes, ask your doctor before you start a treatment that involves medical nutrition therapy.

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