Nutrition and immune system: from the Mediterranean diet to dietary supplementary through the microbiota

L Barrea, G Muscogiuri, E Frias-Toral… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The interaction between nutrition and the immune system is very complex. In particular, at
every stage of the immune response, specific micronutrients, including vitamins and …

Obesity, metabolic syndrome, and cancer: pathophysiological and therapeutic associations

N Mili, SA Paschou, DG Goulis, MA Dimopoulos… - Endocrine, 2021 - Springer
Overweight, obesity, and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have become epidemic conditions
affecting 39%, 13%, and 20% of the population respectively. The aim of this article is to …

Pharmacological and Therapeutic Properties of Punica granatum Phytochemicals: Possible Roles in Breast Cancer

MA Moga, OG Dimienescu, A Bălan, L Dima, SI Toma… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Pomgranate (Punica granatum) represents a high source of polyphenols with
great bioavailability. The role of this fruit in the prevention and treatment of various malignant …

Metabolically Healthy Obesity (MHO) vs. Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity (MUO) Phenotypes in PCOS: Association with endocrine-metabolic profile, adherence to the …

L Barrea, G Muscogiuri, G Pugliese, G de Alteriis… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Obesity and obesity-related low-grade inflammation are common findings in polycystic ovary
syndrome (PCOS), the most common endocrine-metabolic disorder-affecting women in …

Nutritional status and follicular-derived thyroid cancer: An update

L Barrea, M Gallo, RM Ruggeri… - Critical reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer has been increasing in the last decades all
over the world. Such a steady growth cannot be entirely attributable to more intensive thyroid …

Could ketogenic diet “starve” cancer? Emerging evidence

L Barrea, M Caprio, D Tuccinardi… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer cells (CCs) predominantly use aerobic glycolysis (Warburg effect) for their
metabolism. This important characteristic of CCs represents a potential metabolic pathway to …

Vitamin D in cancer prevention: gaps in current knowledge and room for hope

M Henn, V Martin-Gorgojo, JM Martin-Moreno - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Intensive epigenome and transcriptome analyses have unveiled numerous biological
mechanisms, including the regulation of cell differentiation, proliferation, and induced …

Anticancer effects of nutraceuticals in the Mediterranean diet: an epigenetic diet model

R Divella, A Daniele, E Savino… - Cancer Genomics & …, 2020 - cgp.iiarjournals.org
Epidemiological and clinical studies support the association between nutrition and
development or progression of different malignancies such as colon, breast, and prostate …

[HTML][HTML] Mediterranean diet and risk of breast cancer: An umbrella review

CGP Torres, R Barrios-Rodríguez, C Muñoz-Bravo… - Clinical Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Summary Background The Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet) is a healthy dietary pattern which
has been related to a lower risk of certain chronic diseases, such as some cancers …

Dynamics of gut microbiota and clinical variables after ketogenic and Mediterranean diets in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity

A Deledda, V Palmas, V Heidrich, M Fosci… - Metabolites, 2022 - mdpi.com
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), the most common form of diabetes, is a progressive
chronic metabolic disease that has increasingly spread worldwide, enhancing the mortality …