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How exactly is dietary inflammation effect measured? Most claims about diet are based on broad epidemiological studies, and questionably accurate self reporting
by lr4444lr 5y ago
How exactly is dietary inflammation effect measured? Most claims about diet are based on broad epidemiological studies, and questionably accurate self reporting. I'm all for eating more healthfully, but please show me the rigor behind any one approach, and how I can self measure.
- vixen99 5y agoThis paper (J.Nutr.139:2365–2372,2009) 'A New Dietary Inflammatory Index Predicts Interval Changes in Serum High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein' explains what this is about & lists foods and constituents included in the inflammatory index DII. They used a literature search to link six inflammatory markers (cytokines)with foods associated with their increase or decrease and there is evidence of a regulatory function. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777480/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2777480/
- bumby 5y agoFrom the research linked in the article: “The inflammatory potential of diet was assessed through a DII score which considers literature-derived associations of 45 food parameters with levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood; higher values indicated a more pro-inflammatory diet.” This doesn’t negate the potential problems of self-reported diet, though.
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