title: Combining pain therapy with lifestyle: the role of personalized nutrition and nutritional supplements according to the SIMPAR Feed Your Destiny approach.
abstract: Recently, attention to the lifestyle of patients has been rapidly increasing in the field of pain therapy, particularly with regard to the role of nutrition in pain development and its management. In this review, we summarize the latest findings on the role of nutrition and nutraceuticals, microbiome, obesity, soy, omega-3 fatty acids, and curcumin supplementation as key elements in modulating the efficacy of analgesic treatments, including opioids. These main topics were addressed during the first edition of the Study In Multidisciplinary Pain Research workshop: "FYD (Feed Your Destiny): Fighting Pain", held on April 7, 2016, in Rome, Italy, which was sponsored by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Instruction on "Nutraceuticals and Innovative Pharmacology". The take-home message of this workshop was the recognition that patients with chronic pain should undergo nutritional assessment and counseling, which should be initiated at the onset of treatment. Some foods and supplements used in personalized treatment will likely improve clinical outcomes of analgesic therapy and result in considerable improvement of patient compliance and quality of life. From our current perspective, the potential benefit of including nutrition in personalizing pain medicine is formidable and highly promising.
authors.affiliation: Pain Therapy Service, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Young Against Pain Group, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Manuela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Gregori
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Department of Health Sciences, Institute of Research for Food Safety and Health, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Parma, Italy; IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roccelletta di Borgia, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muscoli
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; US Pain Foundation, Bellevue, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Schatman
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; ENPAB, Rome.
authors.forename: Tiziana
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stallone
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Chronic Pain Service Anestesia Day-Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Intelligente
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Department of Public Health, Section of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Azienda di Servizi alla Persona di Pavia, University of Pavia, Pavia.
authors.forename: Mariangela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rondanelli
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Institute of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Franceschi
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Department of Nutrition, Food Sciences and Gastronomy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona.
authors.forename: Laura Isabel
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Arranz
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Physiology, Center for Nutrition Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lorente-Cebrián
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Metagenics Italia srl, Milano; Italian Lifestyle Medicine Association, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salamone
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Roccelletta di Borgia, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ilari
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Inna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Belfer
authors.affiliation: Study in Multidisciplinary Pain Research Group; Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Parma; Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Therapy Service, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria of Parma, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allegri
keywords: nutritional supplements; pain; personalized nutrition