Authors: Soltoft J, Krag B, Gudmand-Hoyer E, Kristensen E, Wulff HR.

Summary: 59 outpatients with irritable bowel syndrome participated in a randomised double-blind trial. The patients in the treatment group received three biscuits daily each containing 10 g of ordinary miller's bran, whereas the patients in the control group received wheat biscuits of a similar appearance.

The treatment period was 6 weeks. 52% of the patients in the treatment group noted subjective improvement compared with 65% in the control group.

The results of this trial do not support the routine use of miller's bran in irritable bowel syndrome.

Study link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=55586&query_hl=37

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