Diet in treatment of autism spectrum disorders

Copyright © 2023 Alam, Westmark and McCullagh..

Altering the diet to treat disease dates to c. 400 BC when starvation was used to reduce seizures in persons with epilepsy. The current diversity of symptomology and mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and a corresponding lack of disorder-specific effective treatments prompts an evaluation of diet as a therapeutic approach to improve symptoms of ASDs. In this review article, we summarize the main findings of nutritional studies in ASDs, with an emphasis on the most common monogenic cause of autism, Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), and the most studied dietary intervention, the ketogenic diet as well as other dietary interventions. We also discuss the gut microbiota in relation to pre- and probiotic therapies and provide insight into future directions that could aid in understanding the mechanism(s) underlying dietary efficacy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in neuroscience - 16(2022) vom: 20., Seite 1031016

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alam, Sabiha [VerfasserIn]
Westmark, Cara J [VerfasserIn]
McCullagh, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

Autism spectrum disorders
Diet
Fragile X Syndrome
Intervention
Journal Article
Ketogenic
Prebiotic
Probiotic
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 06.09.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fnins.2022.1031016

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359923607