Dietary Strategies for Improving Post-Prandial Glucose; Lipids; Inflammation; and Cardiovascular Health
The highly processed; calorie-dense; nutrient-depleted diet favored in the current American culture frequently leads to exaggerated supraphysiological post-prandial spikes in blood glucose and lipids. This state; called postprandial dysmetabolism; induces immediate oxidant stress; which increases in direct proportion to the increases in glucose and triglycerides after a meal. The transient increase in free radicals acutely […]
Dietary fiber; nuts and cardiovascular diseases.
Dietary fiber has a range of metabolic health benefits. Through a variety of mechanisms; dietary fiber; and the viscous variety in particular; slows down gastric emptying and intestinal transit; decreases the rate of intestinal carbohydrate absorption; and increases fecal bile acid excretion. Therefore; consumption of some types of soluble fiber can enhance satiety; which is […]
Scientific evidence of interventions using the Mediterranean diet: A systematic review.
The Mediterranean Diet has been associated with greater longevity and quality of life in epidemiological studies; the majority being observational. The application of evidence-based medicine to the area of public health nutrition involves the necessity of developing clinical trials and systematic reviews to develop sound recommendations. The purpose of this study was to analyze and […]
Qualified health claim for nuts and heart disease prevention; development of consumer-friendly language.
In 2003; the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began authorizing qualified health claims for conventional foods. Although the FDA had developed generic qualifying language for these claims; the language had not yet been tested with consumers. A shopping mall intercept was conducted among a random sample of 408 adults. The research tested consumer preference; […]
A large randomized individual and group intervention conducted by registered dietitians increased adherence to Mediterranean-type diets: the PREDIMED study.
Objective To assess the effectiveness of an intervention aimed to increase adherence to a Mediterranean diet. Design A 12-month assessment of a randomized primary prevention trial. Subjects/settings One thousand five hundred fifty-one asymptomatic persons aged 55 to 80 years; with diabetes or = 3 cardiovascular risk factors. Intervention Participants were randomly assigned to a control […]
Regular Consumption of Nuts Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women with Type 2 Diabetes.
Higher nut consumption has been associated with lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) events in several epidemiologic studies. The study examined the association between intake of nuts and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a cohort of women with type 2 diabetes. For the primary analysis; there were 6309 women with type 2 diabetes who […]
Almond consumption and cardiovascular risk factors in adults with prediabetes
OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypothesis that in adults with prediabetes; an almond-enriched American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet improves measures of insulin sensitivity and other cardiovascular risk factors compared with an ADA nut-free diet. METHODS: DESIGN: Randomized parallel-group trial. SETTING: Outpatient dietary counseling and blood analysis. SUBJECTS: Sixty-five adult participants with prediabetes. INTERVENTION: Sixteen weeks […]
Walnuts and arteries
Effects of Peanut Processing on Masticatory Performance during Variable Appetitive States
Background. Current evidence indicates that peanut consumption reduces cardiovascular disease risk; while posing little threat to positive energy balance. However; questions have been raised as to whether inter- and intraindividual variability in mastication in response to peanut form and processing properties may influence these health effects; since mastication has the potential to alter the bioaccessibility […]
Major dietary protein sources and risk of coronary heart disease in women
BACKGROUND: With the exception of fish; few major dietary protein sources have been studied in relation to the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). Our objective was to examine the relation between foods that are major dietary protein sources and incident CHD. METHODS AND RESULTS: We prospectively followed 84 136 women aged 30 to 55 […]