Diet and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: The Mediterranean Way

Lifestyle interventions remain the first-line treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), even if the optimal alimentary regimen is still controversial. The interest in antioxidants has increased over time, and literature reports an inverse association between nutrients rich in antioxid...

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Published inInternational journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 16; no. 17; p. 3011
Main Authors Abenavoli, Ludovico, Boccuto, Luigi, Federico, Alessandro, Dallio, Marcello, Loguercio, Carmelina, Di Renzo, Laura, De Lorenzo, Antonino
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 21.08.2019
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Antioxidants
Bioactive compounds
Bioavailability
Biological activity
Cell adhesion & migration
Cell growth
Critical point
Cultural heritage
Diet
Diet, Mediterranean
Disease prevention
Epidemiology
Fatty liver
Food
Humans
Insecticides
Liver
Liver diseases
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolites
Microbiota
Mortality
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease - prevention & control
Nutrients
Nuts
Obesity
Olive oil
Pathogenesis
Pesticides
Physical activity
Polyphenols
Review
Vegetables
microbiota
polyphenols
metabolism
inflammation
steatosis
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Summary:Lifestyle interventions remain the first-line treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), even if the optimal alimentary regimen is still controversial. The interest in antioxidants has increased over time, and literature reports an inverse association between nutrients rich in antioxidants and the risk of mortality due to non-communicable diseases, including NAFLD. Mediterranean diet (MD) is a model characterized by main consumption of plant-based foods and fish and reduced consumption of meat and dairy products. MD represents the gold standard in preventive medicine, probably due to the harmonic combination of many foods with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. This regimen contributes substantially to the reduction of the onset of many chronic diseases as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity, cancer, and NAFLD. The present review aims to clarify the intake of antioxidants typical of the MD and evaluate their effect on NAFLD.
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ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph16173011