Boosting Immunity Through Nutrition and Gut Health: A Narrative Review on Managing Allergies and Multimorbidity.

Abstract

The increasing global burden of allergic diseases and multimorbidity underscores the urgent need for innovative strategies to strengthen immune health. This review explores the complex relationships among nutrition, gut microbiota, immune regulation, allergic diseases, and multimorbidity. It highlights how targeted nutritional and microbial interventions may influence disease outcomes. Dietary components and microbial metabolites dynamically modulated immune function, highlighting the critical role of the gut-immune-metabolism axis in disease pathogenesis and management. Personalized nutrition, guided by advances in diagnostics such as component-resolved diagnostics, basophil activation tests, and epigenetic biomarkers, allows for precise dietary interventions tailored to individual allergy phenotypes and multimorbidity profiles. The Mediterranean diet, breastfeeding, and microbiota-targeted therapies have emerged as effective strategies to enhance immune resilience, reduce inflammation, and manage allergic reactions. Technological advancements, including artificial intelligence-driven dietary assessments, wearable devices, and mobile applications, have further revolutionized personalized dietary management, enabling real-time, precise nutritional monitoring and intervention. Despite these advances, challenges in implementing personalized nutrition persist, including variability in dietary patterns, cultural and socioeconomic factors, and accessibility concerns. Future research should focus on long-term interventional and longitudinal studies to validate precision nutrition strategies and enhance clinical applicability. This integrative approach, combining nutrition, microbiome science, technology, and personalized healthcare, holds substantial promises for sustainable disease prevention and enhanced immune resilience across diverse populations.