Association between Dietary Phytochemical Index, cardiometabolic risk factors and metabolic syndrome in Switzerland. The CoLaus Study.

Plant-based diets are associated with reduced cardiometabolic risk factors (CRFs) and lower risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS), probably via phytochemicals acting synergistically. However, dietary phytochemical content estimation is challenging; therefore, the dietary phytochemical index (DPI) was proposed as a practical way to assess total dietary phytochemical content from phytochemical-rich foods (PRFs). We evaluated the association between DPI with CRFs and MetS and its components.

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - July 17, 2023 Category: Nutrition Authors: Magda Gamba, Zayne M. Roa-Diaz, Peter F. Raguindin, Marija Glisic, Arjola Bano, Taulant Muka, Oscar H. Franco, Pedro Marques-Vidal Source Type: research