Role of nutrients in metabolic syndrome: a 2017 update

Hua J Kern, Susan Hazels Mitmesser
2018 Nutrition and Dietary Supplements  
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its associated chronic disorders including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are public health concerns in the USA and worldwide. "Good health is an investment in economic growth," and nutrition is one of the recommended preventive measures to manage these chronic diseases. However, it is unclear whether and to what extent nutrients could be beneficial to the improvement of MetS. To help answer this question, we performed a literature review of the
more » ... human data on single nutrients and MetS: PubMed was searched from
doi:10.2147/nds.s148987 fatcat:j75b4kvtqjfvvgx3qugd447zq4