Dietary fibre intervention for gut microbiota, sleep, and mental health in adults with irritable bowel syndrome: A scoping review

Authors

Ran Yan, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Lesley J. Andrew, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Evania Marlow, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Kanita Kunaratnam, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Amanda Devine, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Ian C. Dunican, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Claus T. Christophersen, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Author Identifier

Lesley Andrew

ORCID : 0000-0003-0344-4611

Amanda Devine

ORCID : 0000-0001-6978-6249

Claus Christophersen

ORCID : 0000-0003-1591-5871

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Nutrients

Publisher

MDPI

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences / Institute for Nutrition Research / School of Nursing and Midwifery

RAS ID

36077

Funders

Edith Cowan University - Open Access Support Scheme 2021

China Scholarship Council

Comments

Yan, R., Andrew, L., Marlow, E., Kunaratnam, K., Devine, A., Dunican, I. C., & Christophersen, C. T. (2021). Dietary fibre intervention for gut microbiota, sleep, and mental health in adults with irritable bowel syndrome: A scoping review. Nutrients, 13(7), article 2159. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13072159

Abstract

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common functional gastrointestinal disorder affecting 4–5% of the global population. This disorder is associated with gut microbiota, diet, sleep, and mental health. This scoping review therefore aims to map existing research that has administrated fibre-related dietary intervention to IBS individuals and reported outcomes on at least two of the three following themes: gut microbiota, sleep, and mental health. Five digital databases were searched to identify and select papers as per the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Five articles were included in the assessment, where none reported on all three themes or the combination of gut microbiota and sleep. Two studies identified alterations in gut microbiota and mental health with fibre supplementation. The other three studies reported on mental health and sleep outcomes using subjective questionnaires. IBS-related research lacks system biology-type studies targeting gut microbiota, sleep, and mental health in patients undergoing diet intervention. Further IBS research is required to explore how human gut microbiota functions (such as short-chain fatty acids) in sleep and mental health, following the implementation of dietary pattern alteration or component supplementation. Additionally, the application of objective sleep assessments is required in order to detect sleep change with more accuracy and less bias.

DOI

10.3390/nu13072159

Related Publications

Yan, R. (2023). Does Fibre-fix provided to people with irritable bowel syndrome who are consuming a low FODMAP diet improve their gut health, gut microbiome, sleep and mental health?. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2660

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