Mixed
High adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with higher defecation frequency and more pronounced gastrointestinal symptomatology (pain, bloating) compared to low adherence.
If you increase your adherence to a Mediterranean diet, expect your bowel movements to become more frequent. However, be prepared for a potential increase in gastrointestinal symptoms, specifically abdominal pain and bloating, which were significantly higher in high-adherence groups in this study.
Subjects in the high-adherence tertile reported greater total number of evacuations during the 7-d period compared with the low-adherence tertile (P = 0·028)... scores of pain (P = 0·029) and bloating were higher (P = 0·028)... in the high compared with the low tertile.
Why this rating
Cross-sectional data; symptom scores are self-reported and subjective.
Source
Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with the gut microbiota pattern and gastrointestinal characteristics in an adult population
Evdokia K. Mitsou et al. · British Journal Of Nutrition · 2017
DOI 10.1017/s0007114517001593
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