From:  Diets for inflammatory bowel disease: impact on microbiome and immunomodulatory microbial metabolites

 Restrictions of exclusionary diets and their effects on the microbes

DietFood inclusionFood exclusionUC or CDMicrobial changesSCFABATrpReferences
EENLiquid formulaSolid foodCDReduced diversity
Decrease in Bacteroides/Prevotella ratio
↑ Firmicutes
↑ Alistepes
↓ Faecalibacterium
↓ Proteobacteria
↑ Roseburia
↑ Oscillibacter
↓ Haemophilus
↓ Veillonella
↓ Prevotella
↓ Anarostipes
Decrease in SCFA (returned to baseline with reintroduction of solid food)Decrease of PBA and increase in SBA (returned to baseline after reintroduction of solid food)Decrease in kynurenine and quinolic acid
Increase in serotonin metabolites
↑ Melatonin
↑ N-acetylserotonin
[84–92]
CDEDInclude: chicken, eggs, potatoes, bananas, and apple (these are mandatory)Exclude: wheat, dairy, animal fat, processed foods, and red meatCD↑ Firmicutes
↑ Clostridiales
↑ Clostridia
↑ Ruminococcuss
↑ Roseburia
↑ Oscillibacter
↓ Haemophilus
↓ Veillonella
↓ Prevotella
↓ Anarostipes
↓ Gammaproteobacteria
No changes in SCFANo changes in BADecrease in kynurenine and quinolic acid
Increase in serotonin metabolites
↑ Melatonin
↑ N-acetylserotonin
[87, 91, 92]
PENLiquid formula and solid foodN/ACDN/AN/AN/ADecrease in kynurenine and increase in serotonin
[91, 92]
FODMAPInclude: certain fruits and vegetablesExclude: certain vegetables and fruits, wheat products, mushrooms, and honeyCD and UC↑ Ruminococcus torques
↓ Bifidobacterium (Bifidobacterium longum and adolescentis
↓ Clostridium cluster XIVa
↓ Akkermansia muciniphila
↓ Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Decrease in SCFA and no changes seenDecrease in BAsHigher concentration of 3-indole propionic acid[108, 109, 112]
SCDInclude: fruits, meat and vegetablesExclude: grains, potatoes, corn, processed meat, and dairyCD and UC↑ Roseburia
↑ Eubacterium eligens
↑ Blautia
↑ Lachnospiraceae
↑ Eubacterium
↑ Ruminoccocus
↑ Subdoligranulum
↓ Bacteroides
↓ Parabacteroides
↑ F. prausnitzii
↑ Clostridium
N/AN/AN/A[114, 116]
MDInclude: vegetables, fruit, whole grain, nuts, olive oil, and fishExclude: high red meat intake, processed foods, sugar, and processed meatCD and UC↑ Roseburia
↑ Lachnospira
↑ Prevotella
↑ Ruminococcuss bromii
↑ Flavonifractor plautii
↑ Butyricicoccus
↑ Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
↑ Clostridium cluster
↑ Bacteroidetes
↓ Proteobacteria
↓ E. coli
↓ Proteobacteria
↓ Bacillaceae
↓ R. torques
↓ R. gnavus
↓ Bilophila wadsworthia
Increase of SCFA
Decrease in BCFA
Decrease in BAsDecrease of tryptophan and increase of IPA, ILA, IAA [132][128, 130]
PBDDaily intake of fruits, legumes, vegetables, potatoes, and yogurtAvoid sweetsCD and UC↑ Roseburia
↑ Ruminococcus
↑ Streptococcus thermophiles
↑ Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
↑ Clostridium clostridioforme
↑ F. prausnitzii
↑ Prevotella
↑ Lachnospira
↓ Clostridium cluster XIVa
↓ Alistepes
↓ Proteus mirabilis
Clostridium XIV
↑ Bacteroides
↑ Prevotella
Higher levels of SCFALower BAsLower kynurenine in serum
High levels of Trp
[125, 136, 139, 140]

EEN: exclusive enteral nutrition; CDED: Crohn’s disease exclusion diet; PEN: partial enteral nutrition; FODMAP: fermentable oligo-, di-, mono-saccharide and polyol; SCD: specific carbohydrate diet; MD: Mediterranean diet; PBD: plant-based diet; UC: ulcerative colitis; CD: Crohn’s disease; SCFA: short chain fatty acids; BCFA: branched chain fatty acids; BA: bile acids; Trp: tryptophan; PBA: primary bile acids; SBA: secondary bile acids; IPA: indole-3-propionic acid; ILA: indole-3-lactic acid; IAA: indole-3-acetic acid. ↑: increase in relative abundance; ↓: decrease in relative abundance; N/A: not applicable