, Klatell suggests several
other dietary adjustments:
Not exact matches
Confounding by
other known
dietary factors was unlikely because the risk estimates were influenced only slightly by
adjustments for covariates, eg, the amount of gluten consumed.
Dietary GI appeared to be the factor driving most
other associations with carbohydrate nutrition in women because
adjustment for GI also explained the protective associations with fiber - and carbohydrate - containing food groups.
Further
adjustment for
other dietary variables potentially related to inflammation (intakes of saturated fat, omega - 3 fatty acids, vitamin C or E, β - carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin, and coffee or fish consumption) and physical activity at baseline or postsecondary school qualification did not affect the results (data not shown).
During the 10 year follow up, the study documented 761 cases of coronary heart disease, 208 of which were fatal and 553 nonfatal, and
dietary glycemic load was directly associated with risk of cardiovascular heart disease even when
adjustments for smoking status, age, and total caloric intake and
other risk factors for heart disease were accounted for.
Of interest to food synergy, further simultaneous
adjustment for
dietary fiber, vitamin E, folic acid, phytic acid, iron, zinc, magnesium, and manganese intake did not explain the association of whole - grain consumption with total mortality, whether adjusting for
other lifestyle characteristics or not.
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DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES intake and the incidence of symptomatic diverticular disease (Aldoori et al., 1994, 1995), which persisted after
adjustment for several
other risk factors.
Various
other diseases may require
dietary changes or
adjustments to lesson the effects or progression of the disease.