Nutrition Modulation in Cardiometabolic Outcomes
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Metabolism".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
2. Implemenation Science Lab, Baker Heart and Diabetes Instistute, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Interests: nutritional epidemiology; dietary pattern; public health nutrition; cardiometabolic diseases; chronic diseases
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension, among others, remain among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Although pharmacological approaches are well-established, lifestyle interventions remain central to cardiometabolic disease prevention and management, with nutrition playing a pivotal yet under-utilized role in modulating risk.
This Special Issue aims to collate original research, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses that elucidate how specific dietary components, nutritional patterns, supplements, or food-derived bioactives influence the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying cardiometabolic disorders. We particularly welcome works that span molecular, clinical, epidemiological, and translational research domains.
We invite submissions of original articles, reviews, and short communications focused on, but not limited to, the following topics of interest:
- Macronutrient modulation: Effects of carbohydrate quality/quantity, dietary fat subtypes (e.g., saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, trans fats), protein sources (animal vs. plant), and dietary fiber on insulin sensitivity, lipid metabolism, and inflammation.
- Bioactive compounds and nutraceuticals: Polyphenols, flavonoids, phytochemicals, carotenoids, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, plant sterols/stanols, and their mechanistic roles in oxidative stress, endothelial function, and metabolic signaling.
- Micronutrients and trace elements: Roles of vitamins (e.g., D, B complex), minerals (e.g., magnesium, zinc, selenium), and electrolytes in modulating glycemic control, endothelial health, and lipid pathways.
- Dietary patterns and interventions: Studies comparing or combining Mediterranean diet, DASH, low-carbohydrate, intermittent fasting/feeding, time-restricted eating, Mediterranean–DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet, plant-based, etc., in cardiometabolic endpoints.
- Gut microbiome–nutrition–metabolism axis: How diet-induced changes to gut microbiota (and metabolites like short-chain fatty acids, bile acids, trimethylamine-N-oxide) affect cardiometabolic phenotypes.
- Nutrigenomics, nutriepigenetics, metabolomics: How genetic or epigenetic variation modulates individual responses to nutritional interventions in cardiometabolic disease.
- Life-course and population studies: Longitudinal cohorts or randomized trials examining diet/nutrients in prevention or progression of cardiometabolic disorders.
- Translational and implementation research: Strategies to translate nutritional findings into public health or clinical interventions, barriers to adoption, cost-effectiveness, and equity considerations.
Dr. Tina Cao
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cardiometabolic diseases
- dietary patterns
- nutritional modulation
- metabolic risk factors
- precision nutrition
- gut microbiome
- bioactive compounds
- nutraceuticals and functional foods
- public health nutrition
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