Reviews of health journal articles

• Published in: Australian journal of herbal and naturopathic medicine Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 42 - 54
• Main Author: McLean, Wendy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Osborne Park, WA Cambridge Media 01.03.2024; National Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA)
• Subjects: Air pollution; Antioxidants; Back pain; Biobanks; Body mass index; Calcification; Cardiovascular disease; Confounding (Statistics); Coronary vessels; Diet; Electrocardiography; Exercise; Gender differences; Heart attacks; Ischemia; Mortality; Nutrition research; Obesity; Outdoor air quality; Oxidative stress; Public health; Selenium; Vein & artery diseases; Weight control; United States > US
• ISSN: 2209-119X; 2209-1203

Emerging literature suggests that diet constituents play a modulatory role in chronic pain through the management of inflammation and oxidative stress, resulting in the attenuation of pain. Gender subgroup analysis showed that this negative association was significant in the female population, and females in the highest quartile of CDAI were 19.7% less likely to suffer low back pain than those in the lowest quartile. Furthermore, among the antioxidant components, adequate intake of zinc and selenium were independently associated with lower prevalence of LBP. Since diet is a modifiable intervention that directly impacts health, further exploration in more extensive prospective cohort studies is warranted. Diet, like air pollution, is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease and many of the mechanisms through which diet can affect cardiometabolic health overlap with that of air pollution, e.g. inflammation, oxidative stress, and endothelial function. [...]this study aimed to investigate exposure to low levels of air pollution and their associations with cardiometabolic outcomes in individuals with obesity and to explore if diet mediated or modified these associations.