MNT lower GI part 1

The GIT role in preventing inappropriate interaction between body and environment (food, beverages n contaminants, endogenous ingested microbes)-plays primary role in health maintenance

Injury from drugs, toxins, infection, malnutrition, allergic responses, bacterial growth and oxidative stress; linked to immune dysregulation, number of GI disorders (IBS, celiac disease, food allergy, multi organ system failure)

Gas/flatulence, constipation, diarrhea, steatorrhea, GI strictures/obstruction

Belching (eructation) and rectal gas (flatulence) - includes nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and some people methane

Eat slowly, chew with mouth closed, avoid straws

Dietary fiber (especially soluble), resistant starches, lactose if lactose deficient, fructose, and alcohol sugars

Side effect of medication; metabolic endocrine abnormalities (hypothyroidism, uremia, hypercalcemia); spina bifida; Parkinson disease; lack of exercise; ignoring urge to defecate; vascular disease of large bowl; systemic neuromuscular disease leading to deficiency of voluntary muscles; poor diet low in fiber; pregnancy

Cancer,diseases of upper GI, diseases of large bowel (resulting in failure ofpropulsion along colon=colonic inertia, and failure of passage through anorectal structures= outlet obstruction), IBS, anal fissures/hemorrhoids, laxative abuse, Hirschsprungs disease

Adequate soluble and insoluble fiber - 14 g/1000 kcal. About 25 g for women, either