药草消费与人体体重和组成之间的关联:一项基于医院的横截面研究
Vahid Arabi1,2,3, Bahareh Sasanfar4, Mina Darand5
1Research Center for Food Hygiene and Safety, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Scientific reports
|March 3, 2026
概括
药用草药的消费对人体构成有多种影响. 一些草药,如沙夫兰和,与增加肥胖标志物有关,而肉和其他草药与减少内脏脂肪和增加肌肉质量有关.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 草药研究 草药研究
- 心血管健康 心血管健康
背景情况:
- 关于药草对身体重量和组成的影响,存在相互矛盾的证据.
- 了解这些关联对于公共卫生和个性化的营养策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查在接受冠状动脉血管造影的患者中药草消费频率与人体指数之间的关系.
- 为了确定与体重和组成的变化相关的特定草药.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及662名成年患者 (35-75岁) 的横截面研究,转诊为冠状动脉血管学.
- 使用标准方法评估人体指数 (腰围,BMI,身体脂肪百分比,内脏脂肪).
- 通过预先定义的问卷来评估药草消费频率.
主要成果:
- 沙法兰的消费与腰围和体重指数 (BMI) 的增加相关.
- 黄和麦的摄入量与分别更高的腰围和内脏脂肪百分比有关.
- 肉的消费与较低的内脏脂肪相关,而Carum carvi L和Matricaria香的非消费与较低的身体脂肪百分比相关.
- 摄入Mentha pulegium L,Matricaria chamomilla和Lavandula angustifolia与骨肌肉百分比的增加有关.
结论:
- 药用草药的消费可能会影响人体指数,包括体重和组成.
- 特定的草药显示对肥胖和身体脂肪分布有潜在的相反作用.
- 需要进一步的前性研究来验证这些关联并阐明潜在的机制.
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