title: Alternative and complementary treatments for metabolic syndrome.
abstract: Metabolic syndrome is defined by a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors that are associated with insulin resistance. In recent years, a number of innovative nutritional strategies have been proposed as safe alternative treatments to reduce the morbidity as well as the cost of treating metabolic syndrome. Of these, dietary supplementation with chromium picolinate or cinnamon extract has been studied most extensively. These interventions may attenuate insulin resistance and reduce the cardiovascular risk factors that together comprise the metabolic syndrome. However, more clinical trials are needed to determine the dose and duration of such treatments to make specific recommendations for populations with metabolic syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Food Science Department, University of Vermont, Colchester Research Facility, Room 110, 208 South Park Drive, Colchester, VT 05446, USA. Mariya.Power@uvm.edu
authors.forename: Mariya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Power
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pratley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002935:Cinnamomum zeylanicum / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance / Q000502:physiology; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010848:Picolinic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010848:Picolinic Acids; D010936:Plant Extracts; C030614:picolinic acid