Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions associated with the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
The health problems found in the group include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol.
In other words, if you have 3 of the conditions in the group, your risk of CVD and diabetes are increased substantially compared to those who have less.
According to the statistics, approximately 30% of people in the US are living with metabolic syndrome.
Believe it or not, among US adults aged 18 years or older, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome rose by more than 35% from 1988–1994 to 2007–2012, increasing from 25.3% to 34.2%.
Rapeseed, also known as rape, or oilseed rape, is a member of the family Brassicaceae (mustard or cabbage family), cultivated in suitable climate regions for its oil-rich seed for commercial profits.
To find a potential compound for the prevention of heart disease, researchers at the University of Applied Sciences investigated the effects of a hypo energetic diet with low energy density (ED) enriched in rapeseed oil-derived n-3 fatty acid α-linolenic acid (ALA), in patients with metabolic syndrome.
The human trial included eighty-one patients with metabolic syndrome randomly assigned to receive either rapeseed oil derived with high MUFA content and an ALA intake of 3.5 g/d on body weight or olive oil diet rich in MUFA but with a low ALA content.
According to the results, after a 6-month dietary intervention, the rapeseed oil and olive oil groups showed a significant in reduced body weight and metabolic factors associated with cardiovascular risk.
In other words, intervention groups with rapeseed oil not only significantly decrease the systolic blood pressure, but also reduce total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol, and insulin levels in patients with metabolic syndrome.
More interestingly, serum triglycerides (TAG) associated with cardiovascular and nonfatty liver disease risk factors were significantly reduced only in the high ALA intake, compared to no effect on the low ALA group.
Based on the findings, researchers said, "Our dietary food pattern with a low ED and high intakes of MUFA and ALA may be a practical approach for long-term dietary treatment in patients with the metabolic syndrome".
Taken altogether, rapeseed oil may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of metabolic syndrome, pending the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.
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(1) Effects of a rapeseed oil-enriched hypo energetic diet with a high content of α-linolenic acid on body weight and cardiovascular risk profile in patients with the metabolic syndrome by Baxheinrich A1, Stratmann B, Lee-Barkey YH, Tschoepe D, Wahrburg U. (PubMed)
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