http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-arplant-050312-120142

 

Plants, Diet, and Health

Chronic disease is a major social challenge of the twenty-first century. In this review, we examine the evidence for discordance between modern diets and those on which humankind evolved as the cause of the increasing incidence of chronic diseases, and the evidence supporting consumption of plant foods as a way to reduce the risk of chronic disease. We also examine the evidence for avoiding certain components of plant-based foods that are enriched in Western diets, and review the mechanisms by which different phytonutrients are thought to reduce the risk of chronic disease. This body of evidence strongly suggests that consuming more fruits and vegetables could contribute both to medical nutrition therapies, as part of a package of treatments for conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and obesity, and to the prevention of these diseases. Plant science should be directed toward improving the quality of plant-based foods by building on our improved understanding of the complex relationships between plants, our diet, and our health.

慢性病是21世纪的一个主要社会难题。在本综述中我们将仔细分析现代饮食结构与人类进化过程中的饮食结构的不协调是导致慢性病发生率增加的原因的证据，和支持吃植物食品是降低慢性病风险的一种方法的证据。我们还将仔细分析避免充斥于西方饮食中的特定植物食品成分能降低慢性病风险的证据并且总结不同植物养分降低慢性病风险的内在机制。这些证据有力的证明多吃水果和蔬菜对于医疗上作为治疗像二型糖尿病、心脏病、癌症和肥胖这类疾病的医疗手段的一部分的营养疗法和预防这列疾病有帮助。植物科学应该着眼于通过增进对于植物、饮食和健康之间的复杂关系的理解来提高植物源食物的质量方面的研究。

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