Dietary patterns influence inflammatory biomarkers.

A group of researchers from the Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital ,Harvard Medical School, have revealed a dietary pattern that may increase inflammatory biomarkers. The objective was to investigate the relation between a dietary pattern associated with biomarkers of inflammation and the incidence of type 2 diabetes.

Through the use of reduced rank regression, they identified a dietary pattern that was strongly related to inflammatory markers in the nested case-control study. This pattern, which was high in sugar-sweetened soft drinks, refined grains, diet soft drinks, and processed meat but low in wine, coffee, cruciferous vegetables, and yellow vegetables, was associated with an increased risk of diabetes. The researchers concluded that the dietary pattern identified may increase chronic inflammation and raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

Read the full report : American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 82, No. 3, 675-684, September 2005