NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT FOR ENTERAL FEEDING CONTAINING INDIGESTIBLE CARBOHYDRATE, AN OIL BLEND AND OPTIONALLY PROTEIN AND OTHER NUTRIENTS; USED TO TREAT COLITIS

摘要

An enteral nutritional product and method of treatment for a person having ulcerative colitis contains in combination (a) an oil blend which contains eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n3) and/or docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n3), and (b) a source of indigestible carbohydrate which is metabolized to short chain fatty acids by microorganisms present in the human colon. Preferably the nutritional product also contains one or more nutrients which act as antioxidants.