Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Hsueh-Han Tsai, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Huan-Ming Hsu, Chi-Hong Chu, Tzu-Ming Chang, Zhi-Jie Hong, An-Chieh Feng, Chun-Yu Fu, Kuo-Feng Hsu, Ming-Shen Dai, Guo-Shiou Liao
Summary: Breast cancer is a global public health problem and there is increasing interest in prevention strategies as its incidence rises. A healthy dietary pattern, such as the Mediterranean diet, with high levels of fiber, phytochemicals, antioxidants, and advantageous fatty acids, is considered a promising approach to reduce breast cancer risk. This review summarizes the important active compounds in preventing breast cancer, including polyunsaturated fatty acids, fiber, phytochemicals, and alcohol. While the exact mechanism is not well understood, the combination of these elements in a healthy diet plays a role in reducing breast cancer risk.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Ewa Sicinska, Dawid Madej, Maria Karolina Szmidt, Olga Januszko, Joanna Kaluza
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the socio-demographic and lifestyle factors influencing the use of dietary supplements among university students in Warsaw. The results showed that 41% of participants were dietary supplement users, with factors such as gender, physical activity, BMI, chronic diseases, nutritional knowledge, special diet habits, meal frequency, and fortified food consumption being associated with supplement use. Additionally, adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet was positively correlated with dietary supplement usage.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Nathalie Yaghi, Rita El Hayeck, Christa Boulos, Marianne Abifadel, Cesar Yaghi
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the link between cognitive decline and associated factors, particularly dietary patterns (DPs), in community-dwelling older Lebanese of modest economic status. The study found that the association between literacy level and dietary patterns only existed in the context of cognitive decline.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Esther Gonzalez-Padilla, Zhen Tao, Almudena Sanchez-Villegas, Jacqueline Alvarez-Perez, Yan Borne, Emily Sonestedt
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between adherence to healthy dietary patterns and the incidence of stroke. The results suggest that a high-quality diet in line with the current Swedish dietary recommendations or the Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of total and ischemic stroke.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stephanie K. Nishi, Nancy Babio, Carlos Gomez-Martinez, Miguel angel Martinez-Gonzalez, Emilio Ros, Dolores Corella, Olga Castaner, J. Alfredo Martinez, Angel M. Alonso-Gomez, Julia Waernberg, Jesus Vioque, Dora Romaguera, Jose Lopez-Miranda, Ramon Estruch, Francisco J. Tinahones, Jose Lapetra, J. Luis Serra-Majem, Aurora Bueno-Cavanillas, Josep A. Tur, Vicente Martin Sanchez, Xavier Pinto, Miguel Delgado-Rodriguez, Pilar Matia-Martin, Josep Vidal, Clotilde Vazquez, Lidia Daimiel, Cristina Razquin, Oscar Coltell, Nerea Becerra-Tomas, Rafael de la Torre Fornell, Itziar Abete, Carolina Sorto-Sanchez, Francisco Javier Baron-Lopez, Antonio Jose Signes-Pastor, Jadwiga Konieczna, Antonio Garcia-Rios, Rosa Casas, Ana Maria Gomez-Perez, Jose Manuel Santos-Lozano, Ana Garcia-Arellano, Patricia Guillem-Saiz, Jiaqi Ni, Maria Trinidad Soria-Florido, M. angeles Zulet, Jessica Vaquero-Luna, Estefania Toledo, Montserrat Fito, Jordi Salas-Salvado
Summary: The study found that higher adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern in older Spanish individuals with overweight or obesity and high cardiovascular disease risk was associated with better cognitive performance over a period of 2 years. In contrast, adherence to the DASH dietary pattern showed no significant association with cognitive function. Adherence to the MIND dietary pattern was related to working memory as assessed by the backward recall Digit Span Test.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Vivienne Guan, Steve Simpson-Yap, Nupur Nag, George Jelinek, Sandra Neate, Yasmine Probst
Summary: Understanding the dietary characteristics of people living with multiple sclerosis (plwMS) is important for planning nutrition interventions. This study validated the psychometric properties of the Dietary Habits Questionnaire (DHQ) and compared it with repeated 24-hour recall assessments. The DHQ was found to be appropriate for screening participants with relapsing-remitting MS, and five dietary patterns were identified.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Natasha Haskey, Rachel C. K. Shim, Alexander Davidson-Hunt, Jiayu Ye, Sunny Singh, Levinus A. Dieleman, Kevan Jacobson, Sanjoy Ghosh, Deanna L. Gibson
Summary: The study found that participants with UC had higher dietary adherence and quality under the Mediterranean diet pattern, but there were still some nutritional inadequacies identified.
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Marina Idalia Rojo-Lopez, Esmeralda Castelblanco, Jordi Real, Marta Hernandez, Mireia Falguera, Nuria Amigo, Josep Julve, Nuria Alonso, Josep Franch-Nadal, Minerva Granado-Casas, Didac Mauricio
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the potential relationship between dietary patterns and advanced lipoprotein profile in a Mediterranean population cohort. However, no significant associations were found between adherence to Mediterranean diet or healthy eating patterns and quantitative characteristics of lipoproteins. It was observed that individuals with higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet were more likely to have certain health conditions.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Xiaoli Gao, Zezhong Tian, Dan Zhao, Kongyao Li, Yimin Zhao, Lin Xu, Xu Wang, Die Fan, Xilin Ma, Wenhua Ling, Huicui Meng, Yan Yang
Summary: This study compared the associations between four a priori dietary indexes and cardiometabolic risk factors among hyperlipidemic patients. The results showed that DBI-16 provided the most comprehensive evaluation of overall diet quality and balance for optimizing cardiometabolic health.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Cristina Valle-Hita, Andres Diaz-Lopez, Nerea Becerra-Tomas, Miguel A. Martinez-Gonzalez, Veronica Ruiz Garcia, Dolores Corella, Albert Goday, J. Alfredo Martinez, Angel M. Alonso-Gomez, Julia Warnberg, Jesus Vioque, Dora Romaguera, Jose Lopez-Miranda, Ramon Estruch, Francisco J. Tinahones, Jose Lapetra, Luis Serra-Majem, Naomi Cano-Ibanez, Josep A. Tur, Maria Rubin-Garcia, Xavier Pinto, Miguel Delgado-Rodriguez, Pilar Matia-Martin, Josep Vidal, Sebastian Mas Fontao, Lidia Daimiel, Emilio Ros, Estefania Toledo, Jose Sorli, C. Roca, Iztiar Abete, Anai Moreno-Rodriguez, Edelys Crespo-Oliva, Inmaculada Candela-Garcia, Marga Morey, Antonio Garcia-Rios, Rosa Casas, Jose Carlos Fernandez-Garcia, Jose Manuel Santos-Lozano, Javier Diez-Espino, Carolina Ortega-Azorin, M. Comas, M. Angeles Zulet, Carolina Sorto-Sanchez, Miguel Ruiz-Canela, Montse Fito, Jordi Salas-Salvado, Nancy Babio
Summary: Among elderly individuals with overweight/obesity and MetS, only higher upward change in the 17-item erMedDiet score adherence was associated with better kidney function after one year. However, increasing Protein Diet Score appeared to have an adverse impact on kidney health.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jiaomei Yang, Qianqian Chang, Shaonong Dang, Xin Liu, Lingxia Zeng, Hong Yan
Summary: Limited studies have explored the relationship between maternal dietary quality and congenital heart defects (CHD) in the Chinese population. This case-control study found that pregnant women with higher dietary quality scores had a lower risk of fetal CHD. The inverse associations were stronger among women with lower education levels or living in rural areas. Maternal dietary quality scores had good predictive values for CHD.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Leigh Ann Richardson, Arpita Basu, Lung-Chang Chien, Amy C. Alman, Janet K. Snell-Bergeon
Summary: This case-control study using baseline data shows a significant association between a Mediterranean dietary pattern and lower volume of pericardial adiposity, providing evidence of its association with lower cardiovascular risk markers.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Claudia D'Alessandro, Domenico Giannese, Vincenzo Panichi, Adamasco Cupisti
Summary: Several studies have shown that healthy dietary patterns, like the Mediterranean Diet, can improve or prevent the development of chronic diseases and reduce the risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. While the Mediterranean diet may have favorable effects for preventing chronic kidney disease, there is no evidence of renal protection for CKD patients. The Mediterranean Renal (MedRen) diet is an adapted version of the Mediterranean diet with reduced protein, salt, and phosphate intake, making it suitable for managing CKD stage 3.
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Williams Turpin, Mei Dong, Gila Sasson, Juan Antonio Raygoza Garay, Osvaldo Espin-Garcia, Sun-Ho Lee, Anna Neustaeter, Michelle Smith, Haim Leibovitzh, David S. Guttman, Ashleigh Goethel, Anne M. Griffiths, Hien Q. Huynh, Levinus A. Dieleman, Remo Panaccione, A. Hillary Steinhart, Mark S. Silverberg, Guy Aumais, Kevan Jacobson, David Mack, Sanjay K. Murthy, John K. Marshall, Charles N. Bernstein, Maria T. Abreu, Paul Moayyedi, Andrew D. Paterson, Wei Xu, Kenneth Croitoru
Summary: The study found that Mediterranean-like dietary patterns are associated with specific microbial compositions and lower levels of intestinal inflammation, providing insights for future dietary strategies to impact microbial composition and host gut inflammation to prevent diseases.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Maria Carmen Andreo-Lopez, Victoria Contreras-Bolivar, Beatriz Garcia-Fontana, Cristina Garcia-Fontana, Manuel Munoz-Torres
Summary: The Mediterranean diet has potential benefits for bone and muscle health, protecting against deterioration. Adhering to this diet can improve bone mineral density, muscle mass, physical function, and prevent osteoporosis and sarcopenia. However, the relationship between the Mediterranean diet, strength, and fracture risk remains controversial.