8x5 Diet for Bile Acid Diarrhea
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This trial tests a special 8-hour eating window (8x5 Diet) for people with bile acid diarrhea. It aims to see if this diet can help manage symptoms when medication alone is not enough.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 or older and live in the UK without plans to move in the next 3 months.
- Your bile acid diarrhea was confirmed by a 7-day SeHCAT test, and you still have diarrhea despite taking medication.
- You are willing to follow either diet group for 8 weeks and are not pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy.
- You do not have inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, or other serious health conditions like liver disease, pancreatic disease, or HIV.
- You have no food allergies (except pollen-food syndrome), do not follow a gluten-free or other restrictive diet, and have no history of eating disorders or substance abuse in the last year.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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