Estratégias nutricionais no tratamento de doenças autoimunes

Abstract

The present work seeks to analyze the relationship between diet and autoimune diseases, with regard to dietary strategies that would be relevant for the treatment of diseases in this group, with emphasis on the most found pathologies in relation to nutrition (rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes, celiac disease, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and vitiligo) by the investigation of existing scientific articles on the subject. This is a study with an exploratory objective, based on a narrative literature review, of a basic nature. Sixteen articles were analyzed, which demonstrated that the food strategies most related to autoimmune diseases, with improvement of symptoms, are diets with an anti-inflammatory pattern or diets that modulate the intestinal microbiota. There also is: Low-carbohydrate Diet, Gluten-free Diet, Semi-vegetarian Diet, Balanced Diet (associated with dietary supplementation of various macronutrients), Low-FODMAP Diet, and Paleolithic Diet with modifications. The dietary strategies under study showed several positive effects on related autoimmune diseases, such as improvement in the associated symptoms, reduction of the inflammatory profile, and, in some cases, remission. However, most articles conclude that more studies are needed to attribute the benefits found to the strategies used.