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Dietary Acid Load and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors-A Narrative Review.
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- Endodontic status and oral health in athlete and non-athlete young adults in relation to nutrition and psychological factors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association of Dietary Acid Load with Metabolic Syndrome-Related Parameters Following Eating Habit Modification in Korean Adults.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Dietary acid load and its association with all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and events.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Dietary acid load and mortality in the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort Study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Increased dietary acid load May elevate the risk of coronary artery disease severity: Findings from a cross-sectional study.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2025Article
- Dietary acid load and its association with psychological disorders, sleep quality, and mood among Iranian older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Carbohydrate Intake and Its Association With Dietary Acid Load in U.S. Adults: Results From a Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Effects of higher dietary acid load: a narrative review with special emphasis in children.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Review
- Association between dietary acid load and risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in patients with type 2 diabetes.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- High dietary acid load predicts severity of autoimmune skin disease: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Dietary acid load adopts the effect of ApoB ins/del genetic variant (rs11279109) on obesity trait, cardiovascular markers, lipid profile, and serum leptin level among patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Assessing the role of dietary acid load in the development of hypertensive disorders during pregnancy: uncovering the association through prospective cohort analysis.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Dietary acid load in health and disease.Pflugers Archiv : European journal of physiology · 2024Review
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- Health Inequities in the USA: a Role for Dietary Acid Load? Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
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- Dietary acid load, depression, and anxiety: results of a population-based study.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- The Impact of Plant-Based Diets on Dietary Acid Load Metrics in Venezuela: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Dietary acid load modifies the effects of ApoA2-265 T > C polymorphism on lipid profile and serum leptin and ghrelin levels among type 2 diabetic patients.BMC endocrine disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
The Western, diet rich in acidogenic foods (e.g., meat, fish and cheese) and low in alkaline foods (e.g., vegetables, fruits and legumes), is deemed to be a cause of endogenous acid production and elevated dietary acid load (DAL), which is a potential cause of metabolic acidosis. Multiple authors have suggested that such a dietary pattern increases the excretion of calcium and magnesium, as well as cortisol secretion. In addition, it is associated with decreased citrate excretion. All of these seem to increase blood pressure and insulin resistance and may contribute to the development of cardiometabolic disorders. However, there are inconsistencies in the results of the studies conducted. Therefore, this narrative literature review aims to present the outcomes of studies performed in recent years that investigated the association between DAL and the following cardiometabolic risk factors: blood pressure, hypertension, carbohydrate metabolism and lipid profile. Study outcomes are divided into (i) statistically significant positive association, (ii) statistically significant inverse association, and (iii) no statistically significant association.
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