The impact of nutriology on human neurodevelopment: an integrative literature review

Background: Water, vitamins, minerals, proteins and carbohydrates are biomolecules essential for the functioning of the organism. In this context, it is valid to point out that micro and macronutrients are subgroups of nutrients that are essential for an optimal functioning of the organism.

Objective: The aim is to describe and understand the relationship between the nutritional effects on the neurological unfolding of the human being.

Methods: This is a qualitative and descriptive research, carried out through an integrative literature review, which aims to synthesize results obtained in research on a particular subject/problem, systematic, organized and comprehensive.

Results: Pregnancy is a special phase in a woman's life and is defined by the period in which the fetus develops intrauterinely until birth. During pregnancy, maternal nutritional demands must be in line with his needs. This is because, as based on the references revisited, nutrition has high relevance in human neurodevelopment, being the link between several areas, such as Neurobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience. From this perspective, it is noted that significant evidence from studies carried out in humans demonstrate that the lack of nutrient intake in the intrauterine and postnatal period has an impact on these aspects, as well as influencing later cognitive performance.

Conclusions: From the studies consulted, it was possible to verify that the Nutrologia brings with it several approaches that have a significant impact on the neurological unfolding of the human being. Your contributions – through nutritional genomics and its subdivisions (nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics and nutri-epigenetics) – have allowed Medicine to become increasingly increasingly personalized and, thus, contribute to the health-disease process, above all, towards the promotion of the quality of life of individuals.

No conflict of interest has been declared by the author(s).

Publication History

Article published online:
18 September 2023