The Role of Diet and Nutrition in Relation to Metabolic Health

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, research on the impact of diet, dietary patterns, specific foods, nutrients, and their metabolites on metabolic health has significantly increased. However, many issues remain unresolved, and controversies persist. Furthermore, the question of personalized nutrition and the interactions between diet, lifestyle, genetics, and epigenetics is still unresolved.

This Special Issue, titled ‘The Role of Diet and Nutrition in Relation to Metabolic Health,’ aims to present the latest knowledge and research regarding how diet and nutrients can either promote or hinder metabolic health. The overall focus of this Special Issue is to explore the effects of specific foods, dietary patterns, and various food components (including micro- and macronutrients and other protective bioactive compounds) on metabolic health.

We encourage contributions that cover a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the role of diet, dietary patterns, and nutritional interventions in the prevention and management of metabolic diseases (such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and fatty liver disease), the effects of specific dietary components (specific foods and separate nutrients) on the risk for metabolic diseases and biomarkers of metabolic health (e.g., body composition, lipidomics and metabolomics, insulin resistance and inflammation biomarkers), and the genetic and environmental factors (including chrono-nutrition) influencing the complex relationship between nutrition, metabolism, and health.

Particularly, there is a need for research focused on the effect of specific dietary patterns (e.g., hyper-protein low-carb, low-fat diets vs. classic high-fat keto diets), meal timing (e.g., intermittent fasting with different meal timings: morning or evening), and nutrients (e.g., various proteins or bioactive peptides from distinct animal or vegetable sources) on glycemic control, intestinal and hepatic gluconeogenesis, insulin resistance markers, lipid metabolism, appetite control, hormonal responses, adipokine and myokine production, metabolic rate, and fat distribution.

We invite original research studies and review articles (including narrative reviews, systematic reviews, standard and network meta-analyses, and umbrella reviews). Submissions are welcome from studies conducted in vitro, in animals, and in humans.

Dr. Ivana Šarac
Dr. Marija Paunovic
Dr. Marija Takić
Guest Editors

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