The Impact of Dietary Nutrients and Dietary Habits on Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia

Dear Colleagues,

The life expectancy is increasing worldwide, and the global population is growing, resulting in an enhanced increment of elderly individuals and age-related diseases. Dementia is a severe impairment of the cognitive function that affects daily life and represents a huge problem for the health and economic system. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the major disease leading to dementia. Dementia and AD are promoted by genetic predisposition, aging, environmental factors, nutrition, and lifestyle habits. In particular, there is no cure for AD. Thus, it is important to investigate the role of risk factors in order to prevent AD. Several data demonstrate that dietary habits play an important role in preventing the onset and progression of dementia and AD. Supplementation with dietary nutrients seems to be beneficial against dementia and AD. Nutrients and dietary habits exert an essential role on the microbiota composition, modulating the gut–brain axis and, in turn, the onset and progression of dementia and AD.

This Special Issue aims to collect research articles and review articles providing recent advances in the study of the role of nutrients and dietary habits on dementia, AD, and on the role of the microbiota–gut–brain axis in cognitive function.

Dr. Lorena Perrone
Guest Editor

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