Short-chain carbohydrates found in our diet which are not digested in the small intestine and are rapidly fermented by colonic bacteria are commonly referred to as FODMAPs (fermentable oligo-,di-, monosaccharides...

During the last two decades the world has experienced an abrupt change in climate. Fructans, linear or branched polymers of fructose often with a terminal glucose, are important storage carbohydrates found...

A subset of patients with acute gastroenteritis caused by viruses have developed post-infection IBS, so researchers believe that COVID-19 infection may cause PI-IBS as well.