Influence of the Diet on the Intestinal Microbiota

Abstract

Abstract Introduction: The microbiota was defined as the set of micro-organisms that coexist in symbiosis in our body and that could be modified by diet, drugs, habits and fulfills functions of metabolism and immunity. Objective: To identify the influence of the diet on the intestinal microbiota. Method: Non-systematic bibliographic review in databases PubMed, Elsevier, Redalyc, Scielo, Google Scholar, La Reference, Scopus, WoS, among others, which included the terms diet, nutrition, intestinal microbiota, joined these terms by the Boolean connectors, in languages such as English and Spanish. Results: Review of articles in relation to the topic and objective of the present literature review study that fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Discussion: The intestinal microbiota included microorganisms that permanently colonize the gastrointestinal tract and others that do it temporarily. Many of the factors that influenced in the composition were dietary habits such and factors such as drinking water, the quality and hygiene of food; and it will also be influenced by the food the person receives at each stage of his live. Conclusion: The diet could produce alterations in the intestinal microbiota through different mechanisms, it also stablished that each person had a unique microbiota that fulfills the same physiological functions and depends on factors such as living conditions, water purity, food hygiene quality, weather an physical activity.

Keywords

• diet, microbiota, gastrointestinal diseases, metabolism, inmmunity.