Cardiometabolic Effect of the Mediterranean Diet
A special issue of Metabolites (ISSN 2218-1989). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 5453
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Mediterranean diets; fatty acids; n-3 fatty acids; sports nutrition; inflammation; inflammatory-based diseases
Interests: mediterranean diet to support healthy ageing; sarcopenia; frailty; physical function; nutrition and type 2 diabetes
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Dear Colleagues,
The Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is commonly recognized as a health-promoting dietary pattern due to its familiar characteristics, including the regular consumption of vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, unprocessed cereals, and extra-virgin olive oil.
Adherence to a MedDiet affords protection from insulin resistance-related cardiometabolic conditions, including type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease, and is inversely associated with central obesity in both epidemiological studies and dietary intervention studies. These benefits are also independent of caloric restriction and weight loss due to the large number of functional foods and nutraceuticals present within the dietary pattern. Being predominately plant-based, the MedDiet is naturally low in saturated fat and rich in several functional components, including vitamins and minerals, carotenoids, unsaturated fatty acids, and phenolic compounds. These components of the MedDiet have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties which are involved in preventing and ameliorating the pathophysiology involved in numerous cardiometabolic disorders.
We therefore invite manuscripts for this Special Issue describing epidemiological, interventional and implementation studies which explore the potential efficacy of MedDiet adherence on cardiometabolic health in all populations of health and disease.
Dr. Evangeline Mantzioris
Dr. Anthony Villani
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mediterranean diet
- human metabolism
- cardiovascular health
- metabolic health
- obesity
- weight loss
- biomarkers
- experimental studies
- epidemiological studies
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