title: Effects of Bread with Nigella Sativa on Lipid Profiles, Apolipoproteins and Inflammatory Factor in Metabolic Syndrome Patients.
abstract: Nigella sativa (N.sativa) has been used in traditional medicine and many studies have been performed in different communities in order to reveal the effects of it on medical disorders and chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of bread with N. Sativa on lipid profiles, apolipoproteins, and inflammatory factors in metabolic syndrome (MetS) patients. A randomized, double-blind, cross-over and clinical trial was conducted in 51 MetS patients of both sexes with age group of 20-65 years old in Chaloos, north of Iran. Patients were randomly divided in two groups. In phase 1, intervention group (A, n = 27) received daily a bread with N. sativa and wheat bran and control group (B, n = 24) received the same bread without N. sativa for 2 months. After 2 weeks of wash out period, phase 2 was started with switch the intervention between two groups. Measuring of lipid profiles, apolipoproteins and inflammatory factor was performed for all patients before and after two phases. In this study, treatment, sequence and time effects of intervention were evaluated and revealed that consumption of bread with N. sativa has no significant treatment and time effects on triglyceride (TG), cholesterol (CHOL), low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL), apolipoprotein (APO)-A, APO-B and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (p > 0.05). Sequence effect was significant on CHOL, LDL, APO-A, and APO-B (p < 0.05) but was not significant on other parameters (p > 0.05). Consumption of bread with N. sativa has no a significant effect on lipid profiles, apolipoproteins and inflammatory factor in MetS patients.
authors.affiliation: Food Security Research Center and Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition & Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81647-2384, Iran.
authors.forename: Alireaz
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1877-9596
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohtashami
authors.affiliation: Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81647-2384, Iran.
authors.forename: Behzad
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7062-6971
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mahaki
authors.affiliation: Food Security Research Center and Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutrition & Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81647-2384, Iran.
authors.forename: Leila
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7169-6960
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Azadbakht
authors.affiliation: Food Security Research Center and Department of Clinical Nutrition, School of Nutrition & Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81647-2384, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hasan
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2918-4221
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Entezari
keywords: Apolipoproteins; Inflammatory factors; Lipid profiles; Metabolic syndrome; Nigella sativa