Certain diets may help reduce cardiovascular disease in patients with Type 1 diabetes
Following either the Mediterranean diet or the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet — also known as the DASH diet — may be linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease in adult patients with Type 1 diabetes, according to a study presented as a poster at the American Society for Nutrition’s 2024 annual meeting. Prior research has shown that these diets may be cardioprotective.
In the study, researchers asked 1,255 adult patients with or without Type 1 diabetes to complete a questionnaire on their dietary habits. They then calculated the patients’ nutrient intake, analyzed biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk and inflammation in their blood and determined which patients adhered to the Mediterranean diet, DASH diet or Alternative Healthy Eating Index diet over a period of six years.
Overall, the patients whose diets more closely conformed to the Mediterranean or DASH diets had lower levels of homocysteine and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, representing an decreased risk of cardiovascular disease.
The researchers concluded that dietary interventions specifying the Mediterranean and DASH diets should be utilized as preventive strategies in patients with Type 1 diabetes at risk of cardiovascular disease.
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