Effects of Acute Dietary Polyphenols and Post-Meal Physical Activity on Postprandial Metabolism in Adults with Features of the Metabolic Syndrome

Authors

Dustin W. Davis, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
James W. Navalta, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Graham R. McGinnis, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Reimund Serafica, reimund.serafica@unlv.edu
Kenneth Izuora, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Arpita Basu, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-17-2020

Publication Title

Nutrients

Publisher

MDPI

Volume

12

Issue

4

First page number:

1

Last page number:

24

Abstract

Approximately 22% of U.S. adults and 25% of adults globally have metabolic syndrome (MetS). Key features, such as dysglycemia and dyslipidemia, predict type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, premature disability, and death. Acute supplementation of dietary polyphenols and post-meal physical activity hold promise in improving postprandial dysmetabolism. To our knowledge, no published review has described the effects of either intervention on postprandial glucose, insulin, lipids, and markers of oxidative damage and inflammation in adults with features of MetS. Thus, we conducted this review of controlled clinical trials that provided dietary polyphenols from oils, fruits, teas, and legumes during a dietary challenge, or implemented walking, cycling, and stair climbing and descending after a dietary challenge. Clinical trials were identified using ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, and Google Scholar and were published between 2000 and 2019. Dietary polyphenols from extra virgin olive oil, grapes, blackcurrants, strawberries, black tea, and black beans improved postprandial glucose, insulin, and markers of oxidative damage and inflammation, but results were not consistent among clinical trials. Freeze-dried strawberry powder distinctly improved postprandial insulin and markers of oxidative damage and inflammation. Post-meal physical activity attenuated postprandial glucose, but effects on postprandial lipids and markers of oxidative damage and inflammation were inconclusive. Consuming dietary polyphenols with a meal and completing physical activity after a meal may mitigate postprandial dysmetabolism in adults with features of MetS.

Keywords

Overweight; Obesity; Dysglycemia; Dyslipidemia; Oxidative damage; Inflammation; Exercise; Oils; Fruits; Teas; Legumes

Disciplines

Human and Clinical Nutrition

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Language

English

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Repository Citation

Davis, D. W., Navalta, J. W., McGinnis, G. R., Serafica, R., Izuora, K., Basu, A. (2020). Effects of Acute Dietary Polyphenols and Post-Meal Physical Activity on Postprandial Metabolism in Adults with Features of the Metabolic Syndrome. Nutrients, 12(4), 1-24. MDPI.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12041120