Delayed gastric emptying and reduced postprandial small bowel water content of equicaloric whole meal bread versus rice meals in healthy subjects: novel MRI insights

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Postprandial bloating is a common symptom in patients with functional gastrointestinal (GI) diseases. Whole meal bread (WMB) often aggravates such symptoms though the mechanisms are unclear. We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to monitor the intragastric fate of a WMB mea...

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Main Authors: Marciani, Luca, Pritchard, Susan E., Hellier-Woods, C., Costigan, C., Hoad, Caroline, Gowland, Penny A., Spiller, Robin C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Online Access:http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2055/
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http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2055/1/2013_EJCN_wheatrice.pdf