Special Issue "Personalized Nutrition for Older Adults"

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Geriatric Nutrition".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 1193

Special Issue Editors

1. Egas Moniz Interdisciplinary Research Center, Egas Moniz University Institute, University Campus, Monte de Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
2. LCFPEM-Laboratório de Ciências Forenses e Psychológicas Egas Moniz, Campus Universitário, Quinta da Granja, Monte de Caparica, 2829-511 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: clinical design; methodologies and tools validation; food chemistry; antioxidants and related compounds; health data analysis; environmental health and forensic document analysis
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1. Grupo de Patologia Médica, Nutrição e Exercício Clínico (PaMNEC) do Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz (CiiEM), Almada, Portugal
2. Artificial Feeding Team (GENE), Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
Interests: clinical nutrition and artificial nutrition; digestive disorders/systemic impact of digestive disorders; nutritional assessment (methods, techniques and tools)
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1. Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Campus Universitário, Monte de Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
2. GENA-Grupo de Estudos de Nutrição Aplicada, Campus Universitário, Quinta da Granja, Monte de Caparica, 2829-511 Caparica, Portugal
Interests: clinical nutrition; dietary strategies for metabolic diseases; nutrition in rheumatic disease; metabolism of plant bioactive compounds and health benefits
Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz, Instituto Universitário Egas Moniz, Campus Universitário, Monte de Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
Interests: genome expression modulation; nutritional epigenetic; nutrigenomic and nutrigenetic

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Clinical and nutritional personalized practices, in elderly active and healthy aging, are key factors in maintaining general health, wellbeing, and quality of life. The health of the elderly is a delicate balance between endogenous factors such as genetics, aging, disease, and nutritional status, and exogenous factors such as environment, dietary pattern, and lifestyles. In fact, older adults frequently present several comorbidities, leading to malnutrition, sarcopenia, and frailty. In this context, personalized nutritional support of older adults with metabolic, digestive, cardiorespiratory, neurological, or other chronic disorders may be a major challenge.

This Special Issue of Nutrients on “Personalized Nutrition for Older Adults” aims to publish scientific papers with a focus on clinical and nutritional practices, in the elderly population, from an interdisciplinary and societal perspective.

The Special Issue welcomes original research that report new insights into the impact of clinical and nutritional practices for elder citizens. Interdisciplinary approaches are highly appreciated, as the health of the elderly requires teams in different areas of expertise. In addition, interventional studies that examine associations of different factors, original pre-clinical and clinical studies, reviews, and systematic reviews will also be considered. 

Dr. Maria Alexandra Bernardo
Prof. Dr. Jorge Fonseca
Dr. Maria Leonor Silva
Dr. Alexandra Maia e Silva
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • elderly
  • personalized nutrition
  • dietary pattern
  • nutritional epigenetics
  • nutrigenetic
  • nutrigenomic
  • nutritional support

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Adansonia digitata L. (Baobab) Bioactive Compounds, Biological Activities, and the Potential Effect on Glycemia: A Narrative Review
Nutrients 2023, 15(9), 2170; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15092170 - 01 May 2023
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Adansonia digitata L. fruit, also known as baobab, has been used traditionally throughout the world for its medicinal properties. Ethnopharmacological uses of various plant parts have been reported for hydration, antipyretic, antiparasitic, antitussive, and sudorific properties and also in the treatment of diarrhea [...] Read more.
Adansonia digitata L. fruit, also known as baobab, has been used traditionally throughout the world for its medicinal properties. Ethnopharmacological uses of various plant parts have been reported for hydration, antipyretic, antiparasitic, antitussive, and sudorific properties and also in the treatment of diarrhea and dysentery in many African countries. Several studies have revealed that in addition to these applications, baobab has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antimicrobial activities. The health benefits of baobab have been attributed to its bioactive compounds, namely phenols, flavonoids, proanthocyanins, tannins, catechins, and carotenoids. Baobab fruit is also an important source of vitamin C and micronutrients, including zinc, potassium, magnesium, iron, calcium, and protein, which may reduce nutritional deficiencies. Despite scientific studies revealing that this fruit has a wide diversity of bioactive compounds with beneficial effects on health, there is a gap in the review of information about their mechanisms of action and critical analysis of clinical trials exploring, in particular, their effect on glycemia regulation. This work aims to present a current overview of the bioactive compounds, biological activities, and effects of A. digitata fruit on blood glucose, highlighting their potential mechanisms of action and effects on glycemia regulation, evaluated in recent animal and human trials. Full article
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