Abe Keiko, Misaka Takumi
a Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences , The University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan.
b Group for Food Functionality Assessment , Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (KISTEC) , Kawasaki , Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2018 Apr;82(4):573-583. doi: 10.1080/09168451.2017.1412249. Epub 2018 Jan 10.
In Japan, where a super-aging society is realized, we are most concerned about healthy longevity, which would ascertain the wellness of people by improving their quality of life (QOL). In 2014, the Cabinet Office proposed a strategic innovation promotion programme, launching a national project for the development of the agricultural-forestry-fisheries food products with new functionalities for the next generation. In addition to focusing on a conventional prevention of lifestyle-associated metabolic syndromes, the project targets the scientific evidence of the activation of brain cognitive ability and the improvement of bodily locomotive function. The project also involves the analysis of the foods-sports interrelation of chronic importance, and the development of devices for the verification of QOL-associated maintenance of homeostasis. In this review, we provide an overview of these studies, with special reference to cognition as a case of the gut-brain axis which the author is particularly interested in.
在已步入超老龄化社会的日本，我们最为关注健康长寿，即通过提高生活质量（QOL）来确保人们的健康。2014年，内阁府提出了一项战略创新促进计划，启动了一个国家项目，旨在开发具有新一代新功能的农林渔业食品。该项目除了专注于传统的与生活方式相关的代谢综合征预防外，还旨在为激活大脑认知能力和改善身体运动功能提供科学依据。该项目还涉及对具有长期重要性的食物与运动之间关系的分析，以及开发用于验证与QOL相关的体内稳态维持的设备。在本综述中，我们概述了这些研究，特别提及认知作为作者特别感兴趣的肠-脑轴的一个例子。
