Diet of women with Crohn's and other gastrointestinal diseases.

Our results do not support the assertion that subjects with Crohn's disease consume significantly more sugar than controls or those with ulcerative colitis. A subgroup of patients may consume a high proportion of total kilocalories as sugar. In spite of recommendations to increase their dietary fiber intake, subjects with irritable bowel syndrome did not receive significantly more fiber from food sources. Clearly more research is needed to characterize the sugar and dietary fiber intakes of patients with gastrointestinal diseases.