title: Effect of various diets on biomarkers of the metabolic syndrome.
abstract: The impact of the normal whole diet in different countries and of special types of diet on the biomarkers of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is reviewed. Diet type, specification, risk of MetS and studied biomarkers, as far as could be traced, are included. Critical points in published studies are mentioned. Description of the traditional dietary patterns for the various countries is not always well-defined and numbers of persons in the studied population are sometimes quite limited, which hamper drawing definite conclusions. Since a Nordic diet, a dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH), and especially a Mediterranean diet are quite promising, due to its health claims, the food pattern is studied more in detail and a large spectrum of vegetarian diets are included as well. Most of the time lipid profile and high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) are the studied biomarkers in response to diet intake.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Nutrition and Functional Foods , NatuRA (Natural Products and Food-Research and Analysis), University of Antwerp , Antwerp , Belgium.
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Robberecht
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Nutrition and Functional Foods , NatuRA (Natural Products and Food-Research and Analysis), University of Antwerp , Antwerp , Belgium.
authors.forename: Tess
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: De Bruyne
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Nutrition and Functional Foods , NatuRA (Natural Products and Food-Research and Analysis), University of Antwerp , Antwerp , Belgium.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hermans
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: Biomarker; diets; metabolic syndrome