Predispose, Precipitate, Perpetuate, and Protect: How Diet and the Gut Influence Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood

Overview

Journal Front Nutr

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 2024 Mar 20

PMID 38505265

Authors

Michael Warren

Colleen OConnor

Ju Eun Lee

Jeremy Burton

David Walton

Justine Keathley

Michael Wammes

Elizabeth Osuch

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Abstract

Medicine often employs the 4Ps of , and factors to identify salient influences on illness states, and to help guide patient care. Mental illness is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Mental health is a complex combination of biological, psychological, environmental, and social factors. There is growing interest in the gut-brain-microbiome (GBM) axis and its impact on mental health. We use the medical model of the 4Ps to explore factors involving the connection between nutrition and the GBM axis and their associated risks with mental health problems in emerging adults (EAs), a life stage when mental illness onset is the most common. We review the impact of current dietary trends on the GBM and on mental health, and the role that gut microbiome-based interventions can have in modulating the GBM axis of EAs. We discuss the implications of gut health on the GBM and areas for clinical intervention.

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