Although dietary changes are recommended for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) supporting these management strategies are lacking. This RCT evaluated the effects of the amount and type of carbohydrates in the diets of patients with symptomatic GERD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a period of 9 weeks, 98 veterans (53% White, 47% Black; mean age, 60\u00b112.5 years; mean body mass index, 32.7\u00b15.4 kg\/m2) with symptomatic GERD were randomized to one of 4 carbohydrate diet intervention groups: high total\/high simple (control group), high total\/low simple, low total\/high simple, and low total\/low simple. The primary outcomes were esophageal acid exposure time and the total number of reflux episodes using baseline and follow-up data from 24-hour ambulatory pH monitoring. Secondary outcomes included the impact on GERD symptoms, rated with the Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Questionnaire (GERDQ) and GERD Symptom Assessment Scale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Total acid exposure time significantly decreased in the high total\/low simple carbohydrate group compared with the control group (-4.3\u00b13.8% vs 3.1\u00b13.7%, respectively; P<\/em>=.4). The high total\/low simple carbohydrate group also demonstrated a reduction in the total number of reflux episodes and a significant reduction in GERD symptoms, with the average GERDQ score decreasing by 50%. Simple sugar intake decreased by an average of 62 grams per day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although dietary changes are recommended for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), randomized controlled trials (RCTs) supporting these management strategies are lacking. This RCT evaluated the effects of the amount and type of carbohydrates in the diets of patients with symptomatic GERD. For a period of 9 weeks, 98 veterans (53% White, 47% Black; mean … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1791],"tags":[2098,2572,3433,2070,3434,3104,3105],"class_list":["post-12681","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-esophagus","tag-esophagus-2","tag-gastroesophageal-reflux-disease","tag-gastroesophageal-reflux-disease-questionnaire","tag-gerd-2","tag-gerdq","tag-randomized-controlled-trials","tag-rcts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/12681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}