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Defined diets have been tested as preventive and treatment approaches for diseases such as epilepsy, ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, and type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Defined diets may be considered in clinical settings for managing specific diseases.
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Scientific advances in our understanding of defined dietary components and their effects on human physiology led to the incorporation and testing of defined diets as preventive and treatment approaches for diseases, such as epilepsy, ulcerative colitis, Crohn disease, and type 1 diabetes mellitus.
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Personalized Nutrition
Stavros Bashiardes et al. · Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition · 2019
DOI 10.1097/mpg.0000000000002491
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