Inflammation: a New Player in the Link Between Mediterranean Diet and Diabetes Mellitus: a Review

Current Nutrition Reports - Tập 6 - Trang 247-256 - 2017
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos1, Efi Koloverou1
1School of Health Science and Education, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece

Tóm tắt

Mediterranean diet (MD) has been inversely linked with insulin resistance and diabetes, while inflammation is recognized as a common denominator in cardiometabolic disorders. Here, we review the synergistic effect between MD and inflammation, the anti-inflammatory properties of core MD components, and the possible biological mechanisms linking nutrients with inflammation. MD is abundant in anti-inflammatory foods, like whole grains, fruits and vegetables, wine, olive oil, nuts, and fish. This results in a high intake of various polyphenols, as well as high unsaturated/saturated and n3/n6 fatty acid ratios, leading through different mechanisms, such as oxidative stress reduction, alteration of NF-κB, PPAR-γ pathways, prebiotic function on gut microbiota, and others, to an attenuation of inflammation state. MD is comprised by a plethora of foods, with anti-inflammatory potential, so its observed anti-diabetic effect could, at least partially, be ascribed to an attenuation of inflammation state.

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