Dietary Patterns in Men and Women are Simultaneously Determinants of Altered Glucose Metabolism and Bone Metabolism

We hypothesized that diet would have direct effects on glucose metabolism with direct and indirect effects on bone metabolism in a cohort of Canadian adults. We assessed dietary patterns [Prudent (fruit, vegetables, whole grains, fish, and legumes) and Western (soft drinks, potato chips, French fries, meats, and desserts)] from a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire. We used fasting blood samples to measure glucose, insulin, homeostatic model assessment insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD), parathyroid hormone (PTH), bone-specific alkaline phosphatase (BAP, a bone formation marker), and serum C-terminal telopeptide (CTX, a bone resorption marker).

Source: Nutrition Research - December 23, 2015 Category: Nutrition Authors: Lisa Langsetmo, Susan I. Barr, Kaberi Dasgupta, Claudie Berger, Christopher S. Kovacs, Robert G. Josse, Jonathan D. Adachi, David A. Hanley, Jerilynn C. Prior, Jacques P. Brown, Suzanne N. Morin, Kenneth S. Davison, David Goltzman, Nancy Kreiger Source Type: research