Summary
What are gastrointestinal symptoms?
Gastrointestinal symptoms broadly describe patient-reported gastrointestinal-related subjective sensations — bloating, nausea, diarrhea, etc. — that have been pooled into a single metric.
Such metrics, which include the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale (GSRS) [1][2][3][4] or Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [5], are commonly used in research on conditions like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). However, they are also used in dietary research and studies on sports nutrition.
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Pomegranate extract and probiotics may ease unpleasant gut symptoms
In this 6-week randomized controlled trial in 219 people with bloating and/or indigestion, taking a synbiotic that contained pomegranate extract and probiotics reduced gastrointestinal symptoms.
Do fermented foods improve gut well-being in adults?
Juniper berry oil may help with indigestion
Coffee may aid gastrointestinal recovery after cesarean delivery
References
Examine Database References
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