Dietary fiber intake and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in French adults

Lairon, Denis; Arnault, Nathalie; Bertrais, Sandrine; Planells, Richard; Cléro, Énora; Herçberg, Serge; Boutron‐Ruault, Marie‐Christine

doi:10.1093/ajcn/82.6.1185

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“…Fibre may contribute to prevent weight gain, and consequently to reduce the risk of atherosclerosis. In fact, some studies assessing BMI instead of IMT as the main outcome have found inverse relationships, as we did between BMI and DF intake (Ludwig et al, 1999;Liu et al, 2003;Lairon et al, 2005;Bes-Rastrollo et al, 2006;Murakami et al, 2007). However, others did not find this association (Pietinen et al, 1996;Wu et al, 2003).…”

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Dietary fibre intake is inversely associated with carotid intima-media thickness: a cross-sectional assessment in the PREDIMED study

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Objective: To assess the association between the intake of dietary fibre and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in a Mediterranean population at high cardiovascular risk. Methods: Baseline cross-sectional assessment of 457 men and women (average age 67 years) from two different Spanish centres of the PREDIMED trial. A previously validated food frequency questionnaire (137 food items) was administered by trained dieticians in a face-to-face interview. Mean common carotid IMT was measured using B-mode ultrasound imaging of the right and left carotid arteries by four certified sonographers who used a common protocol. Anthropometric and blood pressure measurements were performed and samples of fasting blood were obtained. Participants were categorized into four groups (roughly quartiles: p21; 421 to p25; 425 to p31 and 431 g/day) of energy-adjusted intake of dietary fibre. Multiple linear regression models were used to adjust for age, sex, centre, smoking, body mass index, diabetes, blood pressure, lipid levels and statin use. Results: In the crude analyses, energy-adjusted fibre intake showed a significant inverse correlation with IMT (r ¼ À0.27, Po0.001). In multivariate analyses, a modest, though statistically significant (P ¼ 0.03) inverse association between energyadjusted fibre intake and IMT was also found. The multivariate-adjusted difference in average IMT was À0.051 mm (95% confidence interval: À0.094 toÀ0.009, P ¼ 0.02) for participants whose intake was 435 g/day, (n ¼ 47) when compared with those whose intake was o25 g/day (n ¼ 224). Conclusions: Our results suggest that high fibre intake is inversely associated with carotid atherosclerosis.

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Dietary fibre intake is inversely associated with carotid intima-media thickness: a cross-sectional assessment in the PREDIMED study

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“…This level is less than the value reported by Ishola et al [44] for Nigerian tamarind fruits. The zinc levels found were well below the FAO and WHO permissible level of 6 mg/100 g-fw [37].…”

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Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties of Pomegranate (punica granatum L.) Fruits of Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Hellen¹

2014

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Abstract:The physicochemical composition of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruits from Kimara, Dar es Salaam during open air storage ripening process were determined. The ash, titratable acidity, crude fat, crude fiber, moisture and sugars content were determined by proximate analysis. Ascorbic acid contents were determined using the 2,6-dichlorophenol-indophenol dye method while mineral elements and heavy metals were determined by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (FAAS). The fruits were always harvested at the mature stage and allowed to ripen during open air storage. The determinations were done immediately after arrival at the laboratory and thereafter at intervals of two days from the day of harvest to the 8 th day. The results showed that fresh pomegranate fruits had high moisture content range of (89.6%-77.5%), low titratable acidity (<0.86% ca), low crude fat (0.30 g/100 g-fw), low ash content (0.35 g/100 g-fw), moderate crude fibre content (4.20 g/100 g-fw), high ascorbic acid content (53.7 -20.4 mg/100 g-fw), high total sugars content (48.9% -29.1%), moderate reducing sugar content (42.0% -25.5%) and sucrose content (5.7% -2.0%). Of the mineral elements (K, Ca and Na) determined, the highest content was of Ca (1086 mg/100 g-fw.). Heavy metals (Fe, Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd) content was very low in the pomegranate fruits, ranging between <0.0015 mg/100 g-fw for Cd and 0.84 mg/100 g-fw for Fe. Except for sucrose which was increasing during storage ripening, the moisture content, acidity content, ascorbic acid content, total sugar content and reducing sugar content were all decreasing as the fruit was ripening while in storage. There were no significant changes during storage ripening for levels of crude fat, ash, minerals and heavy metals. The results of this study suggest that these fruits could highly contribute in the improvement of the nutrition of consumers.

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“…Most crosssectional studies found an inverse association between fibre intake and body weight, which was confirmed by the few available longitudinal studies (Liu et al, 2003;Ludwig et al, 1999). More recent cross-sectional studies not included in the review by Slavin and conducted in France (Lairon et al, 2005) and Spain (Bes-Rastrollo et al, 2006) also observed inverse associations between fibre intake and BMI.…”

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Whole-grain consumption, dietary fibre intake and body mass index in the Netherlands cohort study

Vijver

Bosch²,

Brandt

et al. 2007

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objectives: To assess the association of whole-grain and (cereal) fibre intake with body mass index (BMI) and with the risk of being overweight (BMIX25) or obese (BMIX30 kg m À2 ). Subjects: A total of 2078 men and 2159 women, aged 55-69 years, were included in the analysis, after exclusion of subjects with diagnosed cancer or deceased within 1 year after baseline or with missing dietary information. Results: We found an inverse association between whole-grain consumption and BMI and risk of overweight and obesity in men as well as women. The association in men was stronger than in women; the risk of being obese as compared to normal weight was 10% (95% CI: 2-16%) and 4% (95% CI: 1-7%) lower for each additional gram of (dry) grain consumption in men and women, respectively. Fibre and cereal fibre intake were inversely associated with BMI in men only. Associations were similar after exclusion of likely under-and overreporters of energy. A retrospective analysis of baseline fibre intake and weight gain after the age of 20 years also showed a slight inverse association. Conclusions: Whole-grain consumption may protect against becoming overweight or obese; however, the cross-sectional design of the study does not allow conclusions about the causality of the association.

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Dietary fiber intake and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in French adults

Abstract: Dietary fiber intake is inversely correlated with several cardiovascular disease risk factors in both sexes, which supports its protective role against cardiovascular disease and recommendations for its increased consumption.

Cited by 275 publications

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Dietary fibre intake is inversely associated with carotid intima-media thickness: a cross-sectional assessment in the PREDIMED study

Dietary fibre intake is inversely associated with carotid intima-media thickness: a cross-sectional assessment in the PREDIMED study

Determination of Physico-Chemical Properties of Pomegranate (punica granatum L.) Fruits of Dar es Salaam Tanzania

Whole-grain consumption, dietary fibre intake and body mass index in the Netherlands cohort study

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