stilbenes and Dyspepsia

While antioxidants and probiotics have been proposed for the treatment of functional dyspepsia, current data are still heterogeneous and studies are poorly designed. Extra-virgin olive oil, a common ingredient of Mediterranean diet, has shown antioxidant properties.. To evaluate the effect of extra-virgin olive oil enriched with antioxidants or probiotics on functional dyspepsia.. This study has been designed as a "proof of concept". Extra-virgin olive oil enriched with antioxidants or probiotics was blindly added to the common diet of 8 subjects with functional dyspepsia for 7 days. Dyspeptic symptoms were then evaluated in all patients.. A significant improvement of dyspeptic symptoms was observed in subjects receiving the antioxidant or probiotic enriched oil diet, with a greater effect observed for the latter. Larger studies are now needed to confirm these data.

Topics: Antioxidants; Carotenoids; Diet; Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; Dyspepsia; Humans; Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus; Limosilactobacillus reuteri; Lycopene; Olive Oil; Pilot Projects; Plant Oils; Probiotics; Resveratrol; Saccharomyces; Selenium; Stilbenes; Ubiquinone