SynthesisActa diabetologica2020
The healthy Nordic diet for blood glucose control: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Nordic diet and chronic disease: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohorts and randomized controlled trials.European journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Definition of the traditional African diet: a scoping review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Nordic dietary patterns and cardiometabolic outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomised controlled trials.Diabetologia · 2022Pooled it
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- Effects of a healthy Nordic diet on weight loss in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Pooled it
- Brain responses to intermittent fasting and the healthy living diet in older adults.Cell metabolism · 2024Trial
- The association between poor glycemic control and PTSD in patients with diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare in Palestine.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Adherence to the healthy nordic food index is associated with favorable obesity-related cardiometabolic risk factors among apparently healthy obese individuals.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The association between dietary patterns and metabolic syndrome among Iranian adults, a cross-sectional population-based study (findings from Bandare-Kong non-communicable disease cohort study).BMC endocrine disorders · 2024Article
- Adherence to a modified nordic diet and the risk of cardiovascular events in a non-nordic population: a prospective cohort study.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- Short-term effect of plant-based Nordic diet versus carbohydrate-restricted diet on glucose levels in gestational diabetes - the eMOM pilot study.BMC nutrition · 2023Article
- Can Nutrition Contribute to a Reduction in Sarcopenia, Frailty, and Comorbidities in a Super-Aged Society?Nutrients · 2023Review
- A Clinical Trial of the Effects of a Dietary Pattern on Health Metrics and Fecal Metabolites in Volunteers With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Adherence to a healthy Nordic diet and risk of type 2 diabetes among men: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study.European journal of nutrition · 2021Article
- How to protect both health and food system sustainability? A holistic 'global health'-based approach via the 3V rule proposal.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Using Dietary Indices-What's Next?Nutrients · 2020Article
- The potential impacts of obesity on COVID-19.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2020Review
- Cytokine Storm in COVID-19-Immunopathological Mechanisms, Clinical Considerations, and Therapeutic Approaches: The REPROGRAM Consortium Position Paper.Frontiers in immunology · 2020Article
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Abstract
aimsInvestigations on the possible effect of the Nordic diet (ND) on the glycemic control and the risk of diabetes have led to inconsistent results. The present study tried to determine the effect of the ND on the markers of blood glucose control using a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs).
methodsPredefined keywords were used to search PubMed, ISI Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar up to April 2019. The random effects model was used to compute the overall estimates.
resultsIn total, six RCTs with 618 participants (6-26 weeks of follow-up period) were included in the present study. The meta-analysis revealed that the ND might not have a considerable effect on fasting blood glucose levels [weighted mean difference (WMD) = -0.05 mmol/l, 95% CI - 0.13, 0.01, P = 0.112]. In contrast, the analyses showed that the ND significantly reduces serum insulin concentrations (WMD = -1.12 mU/l, 95% CI - 1.84, - 0.39, P = 0.002) and the homeostasis model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (WMD = - 0.34, 95% CI - 0.53, - 0.14, P = 0.001) compared to control diets. The effect on serum insulin levels was sensitive to one of the included studies. This dietary pattern did not significantly affect 2-h post-prandial blood glucose and Matsuda index.
conclusionsAdherence to the ND might improve serum insulin and HOMA-IR levels; however, this effect was not confirmed for other markers of blood glucose control. Future well-designed and long-term clinical trials are highly recommended.
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