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Association of curry consumption with blood lipids and glucose levels
- Title
- Association of curry consumption with blood lipids and glucose levels
- Authors
- Kwon Y.
- Ewha Authors
- 권영주
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 권영주
- Issue Date
- 2016
- Journal Title
- Nutrition Research and Practice
- ISSN
- 1976-1457
- Citation
- Nutrition Research and Practice vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 212 - 220
- Keywords
- Blood glucose; Curcumin; Curry; Triglyceride; Turmeric
- Publisher
- Korean Nutrition Society
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Curcumin, an active ingredient in turmeric, is highly consumed in South Asia. However, curry that contains turmeric as its main spice might be the major source of curcumin in most other countries. Although curcumin consumption is not as high in these countries as South Asia, the regular consumption of curcumin may provide a significant health-beneficial effect. This study evaluated whether the moderate consumption of curry can affect blood glucose and lipid levels that become dysregulated with age. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This study used data obtained from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, conducted from 2012 to 2013, to assess curry consumption frequency as well as blood glucose and blood lipid levels. The levels of blood glucose and lipids were subdivided by age, sex, and body mass index, and compared according to the curry consumption level. The estimates in each subgroup were further adjusted for potential confounding factors, including the diagnosis of diseases, physical activity, and smoking. RESULTS: After adjusting for the above confounding factors, the blood glucose and triglyceride levels were significantly lower in the moderate curry consumption group compared to the low curry consumption group, both in older (> 45) male and younger (30 to 44) female overweight individuals who have high blood glucose and triglyceride levels. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that curcumin consumption, in an ordinary diet, can have health-beneficial effects, including being helpful in maintaining blood glucose and triglyceride levels that become dysregulated with age. The results should be further confirmed in future studies. © 2016 The Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition.
- DOI
- 10.4162/nrp.2016.10.2.212
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- 공과대학 > 식품생명공학과 > Journal papers
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