Effects of short-term carotenoid-containing multivitamin diet supplementation on vascular health in young adults

Carotenoids have been shown to be efficient free-radical scavengers with controversial impact on metabolic disorders and cardiovascular health as diet supplements. This study aimed at assessing therapeutic impact of short-term (3-month) carotenoid-based diet supplement on cardiovascular health. Fift...

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Published in:Current topics in nutraceuticals research 2016-02, Vol.14 (1), p.29
Main Authors: Sun, Cheuk-Kwan, Wu, Hsien-Tsai, Chang, Hsuan-Chi, Kao, Chung-Fu, Pan, Wen-Yao, Chen, Jian-Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood pressure
Cardiovascular diseases
Carotenoids
Diet
Dietary supplements
Health aspects
Low density lipoprotein
Nutritional aspects
Prevention
Young adults
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Summary:Carotenoids have been shown to be efficient free-radical scavengers with controversial impact on metabolic disorders and cardiovascular health as diet supplements. This study aimed at assessing therapeutic impact of short-term (3-month) carotenoid-based diet supplement on cardiovascular health. Fifteen healthy young adult males divided into two groups according to the ratio of serum triglyceride (TC) to serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL): Group 1 (TC/HDL ratio [less than over equal to] 4.1, n=7) and Group 2 (TC/HDL ratio .4.1, n=8) underwent demographic, anthropometric, serum biochemical, skin carotenoid count (SCC), pulse-wave velocity (PWV), dilatation index (DI), and heart rate variability (HRV) analyses at baseline and 3 months after diet supplementation. Although the results demonstrated no notable difference in conventional anthropometric and serum biochemical parameters between baseline and 3-month values for both groups, in vivo parameters of SCC and arterial stiffness (PWV) were significantly improved in both groups after 3 months of diet supplementation. Moreover, vascular endothelial function (DI) and physiological status (HRV) showed improvements only in Group 2 after three months. Besides, SCC exhibited significant correlations with waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure, HDL, TC/HDL, DI, and PWV. The findings of this preliminary study suggest that short-term carotenoid-based diet supplementation is beneficial to young males for improving vascular health and overall physiological status.
ISSN:1540-7535
2641-452X