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OBJECTIVE	To identify micronutrient deficiencies in patients with functional bowel diseases ( FBD ) and to reveal their correction with functional foods and probiotics .
METHODS	The health status was evaluated in 90 patients aged 18 to 67 years with FBD .
METHODS	All the patients were randomized into 3 groups according to the treatment regimen .
METHODS	Group 1 took Amaltea goat 's milk 200 ml/day during basic therapy ; Group 2 received multispecies and multistrain RioFlora Balance probiotics in addition to the above components ; Group 3 ( a control group ) had traditional basic dietary therapy .
METHODS	All the groups continued their treatment for 14 days .
RESULTS	The performed examinations have demonstrated that diet-based treatment fortified with goat 's milk and multispecies probiotics makes it possible to more promptly achieve remission and to level off clinical manifestations than in the control group .
RESULTS	The patients using multispecies probiotics versus the control group showed a reduction in fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies and a considerable improvement in quality of life .
CONCLUSIONS	FBD lacks a specific clinical picture and may be masked as lactase deficiency , which commonly leads to noticeable limitations in patients ' diet and favors the development of vitamin deficiency .
CONCLUSIONS	Of particular concern is the development of vitamin D deficiency in young patients , which may result in the early development of osteoporosis in the future .
CONCLUSIONS	To specify the composition of enzymes in the patients gives grounds to refuse restricted diets , and the dietary addition of functional foods ( goat 's milk fortified with vitamins and minerals ) , particularly in combination with multistrain probiotics , produces a pronounced clinical effect and eliminates fat-soluble vitamin deficiencies .

