Proinflammatory diet, higher habitual salt intake tied to increased risk of type 2 diabetes: Study
China: Adopting an anti-inflammatory diet and reducing salt intake can significantly reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), a recent study has shown.
The findings published in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism journal emphasize the importance of promoting healthy eating habits and reducing high-salt foods intake to prevent T2D and improve public health.
"Participants who followed a proinflammatory diet had an 18% higher risk of type 2 diabetes than those who adhered to an anti-inflammatory diet, after accounting for all confounding factors," the researchers reported.
In the fully adjusted model, participants who reported always adding salt to foods had a higher T2D (HR, 1.30) risk than those who never or rarely added salt.
The study was conducted by Ningjian Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, and colleagues to explore the relationship between proinflammatory diet, habitual salt intake and the onset of type 2 diabetes.
For this purpose, the researchers conducted a prospective study among 171 094 UK Biobank participants who completed at least one 24-hour dietary questionnaire and were free of diabetes at baseline. The participants were followed up until March 1, 2023, for T2D incidence, with diagnosis information obtained from linked medical records.
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