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Cuidados alimentares e nutricionais em perturbações do espetro do autismo
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As Perturbações do Espetro do Autismo (PEA) compreendem uma série de distúrbios do desenvolvimento neurológico, sendo que uma adequada intervenção alimentar ou nutricional pode contribuir para minimizar alguns dos comportamentos associados à doença. Com este trabalho, pretendeu-se realizar uma breve revisão da literatura sobre quais os cuidados alimentares e nutricionais em perturbações do espetro do autismo e a sua importância na prevenção e melhoria dos sintomas da doença. Para tal, foi realizada uma revisão da literatura na base de dados PubMed, com recurso às palavras-chave “Autism AND Diet”, “Autism AND dietary therapy”, “Autism AND Nutrition”, “Autism AND Nutrition Care”, “Autism AND Vitamin D”, “Autism Spectrum disorder AND Nutritional care”, “Autism Spectrum disorders AND omega-3 fatty acids” e “Autism Spectrum Disorders AND folic acid”. A pesquisa originou 744 artigos, tendo sido selecionados 40 artigos. Os resultados revelaram que as crianças com PEA apresentam uma ingestão reduzida de fibra, cálcio, colina, potássio e vitamina D e K, podendo dever-se à seletividade alimentar e, em particular, à recusa alimentar presente e característica das crianças com PEA, conduzindo a uma inadequação dietética maior nestas do que nas sem PEA. Também se observou que a suplementação em vitamina D, B9 e ómega-3 exerce um papel essencial na fase pré-natal e na fase de infância das crianças, bem como a dieta isenta em glúten, em particular. Estes resultados permitem concluir que a suplementação em vitaminas e minerais e o recurso a terapias dietéticas conduz à redução do risco de autismo e à melhoria da sintomatologia da doença, provando a importância da intervenção alimentar no autismo.
The Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) comprise a number of neurodevelopmental disorders, and adequate food or nutritional intervention may help to minimize some of the behaviors associated with the disease. This work was intended to conduct a brief review of the literature about which food and nutritional care in autism spectrum disorders and their importance in the prevention and improvement of disease symptoms. This requires a review of the literature in the PubMed database, using the keywords "Autism AND Diet", "Autism AND dietary therapy", "Autism AND Nutrition", "Autism AND Nutrition Care", "Autism AND Vitamin D", "Autism Spectrum disorders AND Nutritional care", "Autism Spectrum disorders AND omega-3 fatty acids" and "Autism Spectrum Disorders AND folic acid". The search yielded 744 articles, having been selected 40 articles. The results revealed that children with ASD have a reduced intake of fiber, calcium, choline, potassium and vitamin D and K, which may be due to food selectivity and, in particular, the refusal feed present and characteristic of children with ASD, leading to a greater faulty diet in this children than in those without ASD. It was also observed that supplementation with vitamin D, B9 and omega-3 plays an essential role in the prenatal period and infancy stage of children as well as gluten-free diet, in particular. These results suggest that supplementation with vitamins and minerals and the use of dietary therapy leads to reduced risk of autism and to improve the symptoms of the disease, proving the importance of dietary intervention in autism.
The Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) comprise a number of neurodevelopmental disorders, and adequate food or nutritional intervention may help to minimize some of the behaviors associated with the disease. This work was intended to conduct a brief review of the literature about which food and nutritional care in autism spectrum disorders and their importance in the prevention and improvement of disease symptoms. This requires a review of the literature in the PubMed database, using the keywords "Autism AND Diet", "Autism AND dietary therapy", "Autism AND Nutrition", "Autism AND Nutrition Care", "Autism AND Vitamin D", "Autism Spectrum disorders AND Nutritional care", "Autism Spectrum disorders AND omega-3 fatty acids" and "Autism Spectrum Disorders AND folic acid". The search yielded 744 articles, having been selected 40 articles. The results revealed that children with ASD have a reduced intake of fiber, calcium, choline, potassium and vitamin D and K, which may be due to food selectivity and, in particular, the refusal feed present and characteristic of children with ASD, leading to a greater faulty diet in this children than in those without ASD. It was also observed that supplementation with vitamin D, B9 and omega-3 plays an essential role in the prenatal period and infancy stage of children as well as gluten-free diet, in particular. These results suggest that supplementation with vitamins and minerals and the use of dietary therapy leads to reduced risk of autism and to improve the symptoms of the disease, proving the importance of dietary intervention in autism.
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Trabalho Complementar apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de licenciada em Ciências da Nutrição
Keywords
Perturbações do espetro do autismo Intervenção alimentar Suplementação Terapias dietéticas Autism spectrum disorders Dietary intervention Supplementation Dietary therapies