Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Health-promoting Nordic diet reduces inflammatory gene activity in adipose tissue

A Nordic study led by the Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition at the University of Eastern Finland discovered that the health-promoting Nordic diet reduces the expression of inflammation-associated genes in subcutaneous adipose tissue. In overweight persons, the expression of these genes reduced without weight loss. To a certain extent, the adverse health effects of overweight are believed to be caused by an inflammatory state in adipose tissue. The results were published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Overweight is associated with problems in sugar and lipid metabolism as well as with atherosclerosis, and these may be caused by a low-grade inflammatory state resulting from disturbed adipose tissue function. Long-term research into the role of diet in the function of adipose tissue genes and inflammatory state remains scarce.

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Health-promoting Nordic diet reduces inflammatory gene activity in adipose tissue 
 

Source: University of Eastern Finland


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