Location
Suwanee, GA
Start Date
11-5-2023 1:00 PM
End Date
11-5-2023 4:00 PM
Description
The symbiotic harboring of gut microorganisms within the gastrointestinal tract has a profound influence on host physiology, well-being, and disease pathology. More specifically, the gut bacteria are able to interact with dietary components from foods chosen by the host and consequently relay their beneficial or precarious effects locally and systemically. The gut bacteria have the capacity to maintain a healthy gut microbiome or perpetuate intestinal imbalance, known as gut dysbiosis. Gut dysbiosis has both local effects in gastrointestinal pathologies, such as intestinal bowel syndrome (IBS) and intestinal bowel disorder (IBD), as well as systemic pathologies, such as type II diabetes, obesity, and psychiatric disorders. The occurrence of psychiatric disorders may be further promoted by alterations of the gut microbiota via mechanisms of the gut-brain axis (e.g. microbial metabolites, neuroendocrine system, immune system). The risk of psychiatric disorders has been shown to be accelerated in university students due to their exposure to factors related to chronic stress such as academic workload, homesickness, and food insecurity (Beiter et al., 2015). Food insecure students tend to reach for foods low in nutritive value due to affordability and accessibility. These foods are high in unhealthy fats, sugars, and are processed. The dietary components of these unhealthy foods may detrimentally alter the gut microbiome resulting in both local pathologies and increasing the prevalence of psychiatric disorders. The aim of this review is to study the physiological and biological role of the gut microbiota in modulating the mechanisms of the gut-brain axis to understand its influence, which is regulated by certain dietary patterns in university students in relation to the prevalence of their mental health.
Embargo Period
6-14-2023
Included in
The influence of nutrition on the gut microbiota and psychiatric disorders: a review
Suwanee, GA
The symbiotic harboring of gut microorganisms within the gastrointestinal tract has a profound influence on host physiology, well-being, and disease pathology. More specifically, the gut bacteria are able to interact with dietary components from foods chosen by the host and consequently relay their beneficial or precarious effects locally and systemically. The gut bacteria have the capacity to maintain a healthy gut microbiome or perpetuate intestinal imbalance, known as gut dysbiosis. Gut dysbiosis has both local effects in gastrointestinal pathologies, such as intestinal bowel syndrome (IBS) and intestinal bowel disorder (IBD), as well as systemic pathologies, such as type II diabetes, obesity, and psychiatric disorders. The occurrence of psychiatric disorders may be further promoted by alterations of the gut microbiota via mechanisms of the gut-brain axis (e.g. microbial metabolites, neuroendocrine system, immune system). The risk of psychiatric disorders has been shown to be accelerated in university students due to their exposure to factors related to chronic stress such as academic workload, homesickness, and food insecurity (Beiter et al., 2015). Food insecure students tend to reach for foods low in nutritive value due to affordability and accessibility. These foods are high in unhealthy fats, sugars, and are processed. The dietary components of these unhealthy foods may detrimentally alter the gut microbiome resulting in both local pathologies and increasing the prevalence of psychiatric disorders. The aim of this review is to study the physiological and biological role of the gut microbiota in modulating the mechanisms of the gut-brain axis to understand its influence, which is regulated by certain dietary patterns in university students in relation to the prevalence of their mental health.