Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity: A Novel Indicator of Diet Quality in Healthy Young Adults

Puchau, Blanca; Zulet, M. Ángeles; Echávarri, Amaia González de; Hermsdorff, Helen Hermana Miranda; Martínéz, J. Alfredo

doi:10.1080/07315724.2009.10719797

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“…Many studies report the ability of dietary intake to modulate antioxidant status after acute consumption of antioxidant rich foods (Maxwell et al, 1994;Pitsavos et al, 2005;Hassimotto et al, 2008;Modun et al, 2008). Recent studies have suggested that dietary total antioxidant intake is positively associated with plasma total antioxidant capacity and also has significant associations with several dietary scores (Puchau et al, 2009). In this study, we also showed that high RFS or aMDS means a high consumption of antioxidant-rich foods, which might decrease oxidative stress.…”

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“…In the multivariate regression analyses, RFS and aMDS were negatively related to urinary MDA concentrations, which suggest better quality of diet may have a role in reducing oxidative stress in Korean adults. The association between antioxidant nutrient intake and diet quality scores used in this study (RFS and aMDS) could be explained by the dietary guidelines and assumed features of the Mediterranean dietary pattern, respectively, which are composed of abundant plant foods with a large potential amount of active dietary antioxidants (Kant et al, 2000;Visioli and Galli, 2001;Puchau et al, 2009). RFS consisted of 46 food items having high antioxidant nutrients and one item for regular meals of three times per day.…”

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Diet quality scores and oxidative stress in Korean adults

Kim

Yang

et al. 2011

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Background/Objectives: The purpose of diet-quality indices is to assess and guide individual dietary intake for the promotion of health and prevention of disease, and food based dietary-quality indices need to be applied by using each country's own unique diet. We assessed the relationships between relatively simple dietary quality scores modified for a Korean diet, such as the Recommended Food Score (RFS) and alternate Mediterranean Diet Score (aMDS), and oxidative stress biomarkers in Korean adults. Subjects/Methods: A total of 976 adults were recruited for the Biomarker Monitoring for Environmental Health Study between April and December 2005 in Seoul and Incheon, Korea. RFS and aMDS were calculated by using a food-frequency questionnaire. We used regression analyses to assess the associations between diet quality scores and urinary malondialdehyde (MDA) and 8-hydroxy-2 0 -deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG). Results: RFS and aMDS were negatively associated with urinary MDA concentrations (P ¼ 0.032 for RFS, P ¼ 0.043 for aMDS), but not with 8-OHdG after adjusted for potential covariates. After stratified analyses by sex, negative associations between the both scores and urinary MDA concentrations were not significant in both men and women. There were no significant associations of RFS and aMDS with urinary 8-OHdG concentrations. Conclusions: Higher RFS and aMDS scores were related to lower oxidative stress. Therefore, good quality of diet may be useful in reducing oxidative stress.

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Diet quality scores and oxidative stress in Korean adults

Kim

Yang

et al. 2011

Eur J Clin Nutr

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“…Obese children are more apt to have feeding disinhibition, 50 greater fast-food and saturated fat consumption, 51,52 and a diet with lower nutritional content. 53 Reduced fruits, vegetables, and fish, and increased saturated fats, burgers, and fast food appear to increase the risk for asthma. 54 Consistent with this, epidemiologic data suggest a relationship between low maternal vitamin E and vitamin D and infant asthma risk.…”

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Obesity, Nutrition, and Asthma in Children

Lang

2012

Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Pulmonology

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“…Since the evaluation of a single antioxidant component may not reflect the total antioxidant power of diets and other possible interactions or synergetic effects of antioxidants, the concept of dietary total antioxidant capacity (TAC) was recently developed as a novel and relevant tool for assessment of the beneficial effects of dietary antioxidants (12,13). The TAC of foods describes the ability of food antioxidants to scavenge free radicals and is measured using oxygen radical absorbance capacity assay (14).…”

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Dietary total antioxidant capacity and the risk of breast cancer: a case–control study

Karimi

Bahadoran

Abedini

et al. 2015

Easter Mediterr Health J

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There is growing evidence that dietary antioxidants may have favourable effects in reducing cancer risk. In a case-control study we investigated the association of dietary total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and risk of breast cancer. Sociodemographic data, medical history and anthropometric measurements were collected from 275 women (100 breast cancer cases & 175 controls). Participants' usual dietary intake was measured using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and their dietary TAC was estimated. An inverse, but non-significant, association was observed between dietary TAC and breast cancer risk. Multiple logistic regression models based on TAC of individual food groups showed that consumption of fruits and vegetables with higher TAC (μmolTE/100 g) was associated with a significantly decreased risk of breast cancer. Our study supports a protective effect of dietary antioxidants in relation to breast cancer risk. Food selection based on TAC of foods may be an effective strategy to modify the risk of cancer. ‫وشواهد‬

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Dietary Total Antioxidant Capacity: A Novel Indicator of Diet Quality in Healthy Young Adults

Cited by 109 publications

References 52 publications

Diet quality scores and oxidative stress in Korean adults

Diet quality scores and oxidative stress in Korean adults

Obesity, Nutrition, and Asthma in Children

Dietary total antioxidant capacity and the risk of breast cancer: a case–control study

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