Consumption of fermented dairy products is associated with lower anxiety levels in Azorean university students.

ABSTRACT: A growing number of studies have found that the gut microbiota is involved in a variety of psychological processes and neuropsychiatric disorders, which include mood and anxiety disorders. Consumption of dairy products may contain bioactive compounds and probiotic bacteria with various therapeutic benefits. The aim of the study was to investigate possible associations between the frequency of consumption of different types of dairy products and the state of anxiety in university students. The subjects were 311 Azorean university students, 231 women and 80 men, with an average age of 20.5 years. Subjects completed a quantitative questionnaire on the frequency of dairy product consumption and a short version of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) test. Among dairy products,

SUBMITTER: Sousa RJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434012 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature