The CNP Diet, Disease, and Mental Health Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between diet, disease, and mental health. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.
In this 2017 study, 214 patients with prediabetes and 200 control subjects were randomly selected from a clinic in Iran, and assessed on the level of inflammation induced by their diet. Food frequency questionnaires obtained dietary data while dietary inflammatory index (DII) was used to examine dietary inflammation. The purpose of this study was to examine whether this dietary inflammatory index (DII) can predict the risk of prediabetes. Compared to participants calculated to be in the 1st tertile for dietary inflammation, those in the top tertile (with higher inflammatory potential) were found to have significantly higher fasting plasma glucose, oral glucose tolerance, haemoglobin A1C (measures average blood sugar level over past 3 months), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), triglyceride, and body fat, as well as lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and lean body mass. After adjustments were made to the analysis model, the most pro-inflammatory DII group were found to be 19 times more likely to develop prediabetes, compared with subjects with the lowest inflammatory potential group. Vahid et al. concluded that the participants who consumed a more pro-inflammatory diet were at increased risk of prediabetes compared with those who consumed a more anti-inflammatory diet.
Mixed tree nut snacks compared to refined carbohydrate snacks resulted in weight loss and increased satiety during both weight loss and weight maintenance: A 24-week randomized controlled trial
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Trends in dietary patterns and diet-related behaviors in China
Consumption of grapes modulates gene expression, reduces non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and extends longevity in female C57BL/6J mice provided with a high-fat western-pattern diet
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Effect of low glycaemic index or load dietary patterns on glycaemic control and cardiometabolic risk factors in diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Co-occurrence of food addiction, obesity, problematic substance use, and parental history of problematic alcohol use
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The Western diet-microbiome-host interaction and its role in metabolic disease
The Mediterranean Diet and 2-Year change in cognitive function by status of type 2 diabetes and glycemic control
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Identification of psychological factors associated with adherence to self-care behaviors amongst patients with type 1 Diabetes
Preceding psychological factors and calorie intake in patients with type 2 diabetes: investigation by ecological momentary assessment
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Association between Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and risk of prediabetes: A case-control study
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Increased intake of foods with high nutrient density can help to break the intergenerational cycle of malnutrition and obesity
An overview of the nutrition transition in West Africa: implications for non-communicable diseases
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The relationship between psychological states and health perception in individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease