Nut consumption has favorable effects on lipid profiles of Korean women with metabolic syndrome
- Authors
- Lee, Young Joo; Nam, Ga Eun; Seo, Ji A.; Yoon, Taehyung; Seo, Ilwon; Lee, Jin Hee; Im, Donggil; Bahn, Kyeong-Nyeo; Jeong, Si An; Kang, Tae Sea; Ahn, Jae Hee; Kim, Do Hoon; Kim, Nan Hee
- Issue Date
- 9월-2014
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Nuts; Metabolic syndrome; Lipid profile; Inflammation; Oxidative stress; Endothelial function
- Citation
- NUTRITION RESEARCH, v.34, no.9, pp.814 - 820
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- NUTRITION RESEARCH
- Volume
- 34
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 814
- End Page
- 820
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/97576
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.nutres.2014.08.011
- ISSN
- 0271-5317
- Abstract
- Nut consumption has been studied for its cardioprotective effects. However, the findings of clinical intervention studies are inconsistent; and no intervention studies have been conducted in the Korean population. We hypothesized that nut supplementation may have favorable influence on metabolic markers. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of nut consumption on metabolic parameters and biomarkers related to inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial function in Korean adults with metabolic syndrome. To this end, we designed a randomized, parallel, controlled dietary intervention study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02023749). Subjects with metabolic syndrome and a body mass index of at least 23 kg/m(2) were randomized to the Control group and the Nut group, which received supplementation with 30 g/d of mixed nuts (walnuts, peanuts, and pine nuts) for 6 weeks. Sixty volunteers were included in the final analysis. Metabolic markers were evaluated at baseline and at the end of the study. Total cholesterol and non high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels significantly improved in the Nut group compared to those in the Control group (P = .023 and P = .016, respectively) in women. Biomarkers related to inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial function did not significantly change from baseline in either group. Thus, supplementing a usual diet with mixed nuts for 6 weeks had favorable effects on several lipid parameters in Korean women with metabolic syndrome. These findings present a possible mechanism for the cardioprotective effects of nut consumption. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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