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ReviewNutrients2019

Dietary Patterns and Components in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD): What Key Messages Can Health Care Providers Offer?

Kiarash Riazi, Maitreyi Raman, Lorian Taylor, Mark G Swain, Abdel Aziz Shaheen

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Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kiarash RiaziDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Maitreyi RamanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9129-3632
Lorian TaylorDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Mark G SwainDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.
Abdel Aziz ShaheenDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a rising epidemic worldwide and will be the leading cause of cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and liver transplant within the next decade. NAFLD is considered as the hepatic manifestation of metabolic syndrome. Behaviors, such as a sedentary lifestyle and consuming a Western diet, have led to substantial challenges in managing NAFLD patients. With no curative pharmaceutical therapies, lifestyle modifications, including dietary changes and exercise, that ultimately lead to weight loss remain the only effective therapy for NAFLD. Multiple diets, including low-carbohydrate, low-fat, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), and Mediterranean (MD) diets, have been evaluated. NAFLD patients have shown better outcomes with a modified diet, such as the MD diet, where patients are encouraged to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and olive oil. It is increasingly clear that a personalized approach to managing NAFLD patients, based on their preferences and needs, should be implemented. In our review, we cover NAFLD management, with a specific focus on dietary patterns and their components. We emphasize the successful approaches highlighted in recent studies to provide recommendations that health care providers could apply in managing their NAFLD patients.

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DietLife StyleExerciseHealth PersonnelHumansNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseaselifestyle changeMediterranean dietnon-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseweight loss

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PMID31779112
PMCPMC6950597

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