People suffering from Food Neophobia (FN) tend to follow an unbalanced dietary pattern and show worse olfactory performances. However, scarce data are available on the possible relationships between FN, olfactory performances and the oral microbiota. The purpose of this work was to understand whether FN and its consequences on orthonasal and retronasal olfaction are related to specific signatures in the oral microbiota. We carried out 16S rRNA gene sequencing of salivary specimens from 83 subjects, whose olfactory performances and Food Neophobia were previously estimated. Our results show that the oral microbiota of people showing high neophobic traits and scarce olfactory performances is enriched in several taxa, such as the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis. We hypothesize that these traits are likely attributable to unbalanced dietary patterns, which would need confirmation from dietary records of recruited neophobic subjects.

Food Neophobia and scarce olfactory performances are linked to oral microbiota / Valentino, Vincenzo; De Filippis, Francesca; Menghi, Leonardo; Gasperi, Flavia; Ercolini, Danilo. - In: FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 0963-9969. - 155:(2022), p. 111092. [10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111092]

Food Neophobia and scarce olfactory performances are linked to oral microbiota

Valentino, Vincenzo;De Filippis, Francesca;Ercolini, Danilo
2022

Abstract

People suffering from Food Neophobia (FN) tend to follow an unbalanced dietary pattern and show worse olfactory performances. However, scarce data are available on the possible relationships between FN, olfactory performances and the oral microbiota. The purpose of this work was to understand whether FN and its consequences on orthonasal and retronasal olfaction are related to specific signatures in the oral microbiota. We carried out 16S rRNA gene sequencing of salivary specimens from 83 subjects, whose olfactory performances and Food Neophobia were previously estimated. Our results show that the oral microbiota of people showing high neophobic traits and scarce olfactory performances is enriched in several taxa, such as the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis. We hypothesize that these traits are likely attributable to unbalanced dietary patterns, which would need confirmation from dietary records of recruited neophobic subjects.
2022
Food Neophobia and scarce olfactory performances are linked to oral microbiota / Valentino, Vincenzo; De Filippis, Francesca; Menghi, Leonardo; Gasperi, Flavia; Ercolini, Danilo. - In: FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL. - ISSN 0963-9969. - 155:(2022), p. 111092. [10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111092]
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