Zur Prävention und Therapie metabolisch-vaskulärer Erkrankungen wurde jahrelang ein
fett- und kalorienarmes Ernährungsmuster mit konkreten Vorgaben zu isolierten Nährstoffen
propagiert wie bspw. dem Cholesterin oder den gesättigten Fettsäuren. Dieser Beitrag
soll zeigen, dass lebensmittel- bzw. essmusterbasierte Empfehlungen ohne spezifische
Angaben zu Nährstoffrelationen oder Kalorien sinnvoller sind.
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally. Poor diet constitutes
a key factor in the initiation and progression of cardiovascular disease and has become
the leading risk factor for disability and death worldwide. Therefore, addressing
suboptimal nutrition is of key prognostic relevance in primary and secondary prevention
of metabolic vascular syndrome.
Metabolic vascular syndrome is a multidimensional network of acquired cardiometabolic
risk factors closely related to insulin resistance (IR) and compensatory hyperinsulinemia.
IR, being the underlying cause of metabolic vascular syndrome and certain types of
cancer, should attract the attention of every clinician. As changes in lipoprotein
metabolism are one of the earliest indicators of metabolic dysfunction, a relevant
biomarker for identifying individuals with IR is the TAG/HDL-C ratio.
Hyperinsulinemia – and concomitant metabolic vascular risk – can be effectively treated
by lifestyle intervention. If IR is present, dietary carbohydrate restriction has
consistently been shown to be superior to dietary fat restriction in reversing metabolic
dysfunction. The beneficial effects of carbohydrate restricted diets on metabolic
vascular risk are independent of BMI – diet quality therefore confers patient benefit
beyond weight reduction.
Targeting IR with a low glycemic load, real food diet will reduce overall energy density
and will improve all risk factors of metabolic vascular syndrome. In particular, replacing
refined carbohydrates with healthy fats in the context of a Mediterranean style-,
low carbohydrate and calorie-unrestricted dietary pattern has been shown to significantly
reduce burden of metabolic vascular disease. The effect of single nutrients on isolated
lipid surrogate markers such as LDL-C does not capture their global effect on metabolic
vascular risk.
Schlüsselwörter
metabolisch-vaskuläres Syndrom - Insulinresistenz - Ernährung - Kohlenhydratqualität,
Essmuster
Keywords
metabolic vascular syndrome - insulin resistance - nutrition - carbohydrate quality
- dietary patterns