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The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Dietary Interventions for Depression and Anxiety
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There is emerging evidence that an unhealthy dietary pattern may increase the risk of developing depression or anxiety, whereas a healthy dietary pattern may decrease it. This nascent research suggests that dietary interventions could help prevent, or be an alternative or adjunct therapy for, depression and anxiety. The relation, however, is complex, affected by many confounding variables, and is also likely to be bidirectional, with dietary choices being affected by stress and depression. This complexity is reflected in the data, with sometimes conflicting results among studies. As the research evolves, all characteristics of the relation need to be considered to ensure that we obtain a full understanding, which can potentially be translated into clinical practice. A parallel and fast-growing body of research shows that the gut microbiota is linked with the brain in a bidirectional relation, commonly termed the microbiome-gut-brain axis. Preclinical evidence suggests that this axis plays a key role in the regulation of brain function and behavior. In this review we discuss possible reasons for the conflicting results in diet-mood research, and present examples of areas of the diet-mood relation in which the gut microbiota is likely to be involved, potentially explaining some of the conflicting results from diet and depression studies. We argue that because diet is one of the most significant factors that affects human gut microbiota structure and function, nutritional intervention studies need to consider the gut microbiota as an essential piece of the puzzle.
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- Authors
- Bear, T. L. K., Dalziel, J. E., Coad, J., Roy, N. C., Butts, C. A., & Gopal, P. K.
- Affiliations
- Riddet Institute (NZ)
- AgResearch (NZ)
- Massey University (NZ)
- Corresponding author
- Bear, Tracey L K
- Venue
- Advances in Nutrition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-07
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 890-907
- ISSN
- 2156-5376 (ISSN-L)
- 2161-8313
- PMC
- PMC7360462
- OpenAlex
- W3011103980
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 254
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 43 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 27 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 3.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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- Funders
- Tertiary Education Commission
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Keywords
- gut microbiota, depression, anxiety, microbiome-gut-brain axis, dietary intervention, bidirectional relationship, conflicting study results
- MeSH terms
- Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Anxiety, Brain, Depression, Humans, Microbiota
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