New concepts in dietary treatment of metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a disorder having high prevalence in our society. It is characterized by different proatherogenic disorders (dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, hydrocarbonated intolerance, prothrombotic and proinflammatory conditions) and predisposing factors (central obesity, sedentary life and genetic factors). There is much evidence in favor of the changes in the style of life in the control of metabolic and non-metabolic parameters that characterize this syndrome. The role of certain foods in the prevention and treatment of the manifestations of the metabolic syndrome, among others, coffee, vegetable and marine sterols, nuts, pod vegetables, eggs and olive oil, are presently the object of debate. Herein, the new dietary concepts for patients with metabolic syndrome and the scientific evidence supporting them are reviewed.