One-year nutrition counselling in the context of a Mediterranean diet reduced the dietary inflammatory index in women with breast cancer: a role for the dietary glycemic index
Sara Vitale, Elvira Palumbo, Jerry Polesel, James R. Hébert, Nitin Shivappa, Concetta Montagnese, Giuseppe Porciello, Ilaria Calabrese, Assunta Luongo, Melania Prete, Rosa Pica, Maria Grimaldi, Anna Crispo, Nadia Esindi, Luca Falzone, Veronica Mattioli, Valentina Martinuzzo, Luigina Poletto, Serena Cubisino, Patrizia Dainotta, Michelino De Laurentiis, Carmen Pacilio, Massimo Rinaldo, Guglielmo Thomas, Massimiliano D’Aiuto, Diego Serraino, Samuele Massarut, Francesco Ferraù, Rosalba Rossello, Francesca Catalano, Giuseppe Luigi Banna, Francesco Messina, Davide Gatti, Gabriele Riccardi, Massimo Libra, Egidio Celentano, David J.A. Jenkins, Livia S. A. Augustin
Abstract
: DII and E-DII scores decreased significantly after one-year with 4 nutrition counselling sessions on the Mediterranean diet and low GI. Increased adherence to the Mediterranean diet and low GI independently contributed to the DII changes. These results are relevant given that lowering the inflammatory potential of the diet may have implications in cancer prognosis and overall survival.