title: The effect of dietary components on inflammatory lung diseases - a literature review.
abstract: Anti-inflammatory treatment in chronic inflammatory lung diseases usually involves glucocorticosteroids. With patients suffering from serious side effects or becoming resistant, specific nutrients, that are suggested to positively influence disease progression, can be considered as new treatment options. The dietary inflammatory index is used to calculate effects of dietary components on inflammation and lung function to identify most potent dietary components, based on 162 articles. The positive effects of n-3 PUFAs and vitamin E on lung function can at least partially be explained by their anti-inflammatory effect. Many other dietary components showed only small or no effects on inflammation and/or lung function, although the number of weighted studies was often too small for a reliable assessment. Optimal beneficial dietary elements might reduce the required amounts of anti-inflammatory treatments, thereby decreasing both side effects and development of resistance as to improve quality of life of patients suffering from chronic inflammatory lung diseases.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Humanities and Sciences , Food Claims Centre Venlo, Maastricht University Campus Venlo, Maastricht University , Venlo , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Alie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wouter R P H
authors.initials: WRPH
authors.lastname: van de Worp
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Geja J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hageman
authors.affiliation: b Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences , Maastricht University , Maastricht , The Netherlands.|c Faculty of Humanities and Sciences , Maastricht University Campus Venlo, Maastricht University , Venlo , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Aalt
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bast
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: COPD; Chronic inflammatory lung diseases; anti-inflammatory nutrition; asthma; glucocorticosteroid resistance; nutrition