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Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on July 22, 2025, 11:30:44 AM

Title: The placebo effect swings both ways.
Post by: rcjordan on July 22, 2025, 11:30:44 AM
Patients with IBS with self-perceived gluten sensitivity reacted similarly to gluten, wheat, and sham challenges

Findings suggest that expectation played a major role in symptom generation; only some of these patients could benefit from gluten or wheat restriction


Effect of gluten and wheat on symptoms and behaviours in adults with irritable bowel syndrome: a single-centre, randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled crossover trial - The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(25)00090-1/abstract