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BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
Volume 115, Issue 1, Pages 55-61Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515004183
Keywords
MRI; Gluten-free bread; Gastric emptying; Colonic volumes; Bloating
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- NIHR Biomedical Research Unit
- MRC [G1001119] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G1001119] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [CL-2015-12-502, NF-SI-0509-10005] Funding Source: researchfish
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Gluten is a crucial functional component of bread, but the effect of increasing gluten content on gastrointestinal (GI) function remains uncertain. Our aim was to investigate the effect of increasing gluten content on GI function and symptoms in healthy participants using the unique capabilities of MRI. A total of twelve healthy participants completed this randomised, mechanistic, open-label, three-way crossover study. On days 1 and 2 they consumed either gluten-free bread (GFB), or normal gluten content bread (NGCB) or added gluten content bread (AGCB). The same bread was consumed on day 3, and MRI scans were performed every 60 min from fasting baseline up to 360 min after eating. The appearance of the gastric chime in the images was assessed using a visual heterogeneity score. Gastric volumes, the small bowel water content (SBWC), colonic volumes and colonic gas content and GI symptoms were measured. Fasting transverse colonic volume after the 2-d preload was significantly higher after GFB compared with NGCB and AGCB with a dose-dependent response (289 (SEM 96) v. 212 (SEM 74) v. 179 (SEM 87) ml, respectively; P=0.02). The intragastric chyme heterogeneity score was higher for the bread with increased gluten (AGCB 6 (interquartile range (IQR) 0.5) compared with GFB 3 (IQR 0.5); P=0.003). However, gastric half-emptying time was not different between breads nor were study day GI symptoms, postprandial SBWC, colonic volume and gas content. This MRI study showed novel mechanistic insights in the GI responses to different breads, which are poorly understood notwithstanding the importance of this staple food.
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