Alternative and Complementary Treatments for Metabolic Syndrome
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Mariya Power & Richard Pratley
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Metabolic syndrome is defined by a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors that are associated with insulin resistance. In recent years, a number of innovative nutritional strategies have been proposed as safe alternative treatments to reduce the morbidity as well as the cost of treating metabolic syndrome. Of these, dietary supplementation with chromium picolinate or cinnamon extract has been studied most extensively. These interventions may attenuate insulin resistance and reduce the cardiovascular risk factors that together comprise the metabolic syndrome. However, more clinical trials are needed to determine the dose and duration of such treatments to make specific recommendations for populations with metabolic syndrome
Curr Diab Rep (2011) 11:173–178 DOI 10.1007/s11892-011-0184-0 Published online: 19 February 2011
