A healthy dietary pattern is associated with microbiome diversity in bipolar patients: the Bipolar Netherlands Cohort (BINCO) study

Introduction The gut microbiome is one of our most prominent surfaces interacting with the outside world through the food we eat. It is influenced in terms of composition and diversity by our diets and life style habits and, in turn, affects us through the ‘gut-brain axis’. Cardiovascular risk, which is one of the main causes of death in Bipolar Disorder (BD), is affected by diet. The association between diet and microbiome in BD patients has not been studied. Objectives We aimed to assess whether [1] dietary quality is associated with the microbiome’s diversity, and [2] what changes and inter... Mehr ...