The intestinal microbiota plays a key role in maintaining health. Nutrition is of great importance for alleviating disorders in the gut-brain axis, improving neuroinflammation and cognitive impairment. Intestinal bacteria have the ability to produce various metabolites (eg, short-chain fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins) using dietary nutrients. These metabolites produced affect brain functions and cognitive behavior through the peripheral nervous system, enteroendocrine cells and immune cells that send signals to the central nervous system. Carbohydrates are, in most cases, used as substrate and fermented by the intestinal microbiota. These effects of carbohydrates depend on their chemical structure, whether they can reach the colon without digested, and the host's ability to use carbohydrates as an energy source. The type and amount of carbohydrate is one of the main factors determining the effect on microbiota, brain-gut axis and cognitive functions. The aim of this review is to evaluate the effects of low or high carbohydrate diets on gut-brain axis and cognitive functions in the light of current literature.
Diet carbohydrates cognitive dysfunction gastrointestinal microbiome dietary fiber Diyet karbonhidrat bilişsel disfonksiyon gastrointestinal mikrobiom diyet posası
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Clinical Sciences |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | December 31, 2022 |
Acceptance Date | December 12, 2022 |
Published in Issue | Year 2022 Issue: 18 |
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