Role of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics in the Elderly: Insights Into Their Applications

Elderly people are an important part of the global population who suffer from the natural processes of senescence, which lead to changes in the gut microbiota composition. These modifications have a great impact on their quality of life, bringing a general putrefactive and inflammatory status as a c...

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Published inFrontiers in microbiology Vol. 12; p. 631254
Main Authors Ale, Elisa C., Binetti, Ana G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 28.01.2021
Subjects
elderly
health
Microbiology
microbiota
prebiotic
probiotic
synbiotic
microbiota
health
probiotic
prebiotic
elderly
synbiotic
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ISSN1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI10.3389/fmicb.2021.631254

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Summary:Elderly people are an important part of the global population who suffer from the natural processes of senescence, which lead to changes in the gut microbiota composition. These modifications have a great impact on their quality of life, bringing a general putrefactive and inflammatory status as a consequence. Some of the most frequent conditions related to this status are constipation, undernutrition, neurodegenerative diseases, susceptibility to opportunistic pathogens, and metabolic disbalance, among others. For these reasons, there is an increasing interest in improving their quality of life by non-invasive treatments such as the consumption of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics. The aim of the present mini-review is to describe the benefits of these functional supplements/food according to the most recent clinical and pre-clinical studies published during the last decade. In addition, insights into several aspects we consider relevant to improve the quality of future studies are provided.
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This article was submitted to Food Microbiology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Reviewed by: Parameth Thiennimitr, Chiang Mai University, Thailand; Pasquale Russo, University of Foggia, Italy
Edited by: Eugenia Bezirtzoglou, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
ISSN:1664-302X
1664-302X
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2021.631254