Celiac.com 07/06/2022 - More and more people are avoiding gluten and FODMAP food components (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols) over concerns about their potential connection to celiac-like reactions in the gut.
In recent years, gluten-free diets (GFD) and low-FODMAP diets (LFD) have become more popular across the globe. This is due to intolerances or allergies in some people, but also due to the direct influence of marketing movements or diet trends on eating choices.
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At the same time, understanding, diagnosing and treating neurological and psychiatric diseases is becoming more important in numerous countries. A number of researchers have started to examine FODMAPs for that reason.
Because of this, the research team conducted a bibliographic systematic review to see if there is a pathophysiological relationship between consumption of gluten or FODMAPs and mental disorders.
The research team included Egoitz Aranburu; Silvia Matias; Edurne Simón; Idoia Larretxi; Olaia Martínez; María Ángeles Bustamante; María del Pilar Fernández-Gil; and Jonatan Miranda.
They are variously affiliated with the Gluten Analysis Laboratory of the University of the Basque Country, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of the Basque Country in Vitoria, Spain; the GLUTEN3S Research Group, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of the Basque Country in Vitoria, Spain; the Bioaraba, Nutrición y Seguridad Alimentaria, in Vitoria, Spain; and the Centro Integral de Atención a Mayores San Prudencio in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
The team's review gathered data from clinical and randomized controlled trials, based on the PRISMA statement, published since 2012.
Their analysis found that limiting or ruling out gluten or FODMAPs may improve symptoms such as depression, anxiety, or cognition deficiency, and to a lesser extent for schizophrenia and the autism spectrum.
Nevertheless, further studies are needed to obtain completely reliable conclusions.
Read more in Nutrients 2021, 13(6), 1894.
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