Blood and Tissue Advanced Glycation End Products as Determinants of Cardiometabolic Disorders Focusing on Human Studies.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to determine whether blood and tissue levels of dietary advanced glycation end products (dAGEs) are linked to the prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders through recent human studies.
Results Summary
The study found that diets high in AGEs negatively impact glucose control, body weight, blood lipid levels, and vascular health by increasing oxidative stress, inflammation, blood pressure, and endothelial dysfunction. Limited evidence suggests high-AGE diets may also alter gut microbiota, and skin autofluorescence (SAF) could predict cardiometabolic disorder risks.
Population
Humans (general population with cardiometabolic disorder risk factors)
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
a diet high in AGEs | decrease | glucose control | human participants | - | can negatively influence | #1 |
a diet high in AGEs | increase | body weight | human participants | - | can negatively influence | #2 |
a diet high in AGEs | increase | blood lipid levels | human participants | - | can negatively influence | #3 |
a diet high in AGEs | decrease | vascular health | human participants | - | can negatively influence | #4 |
a diet high in AGEs | increase | oxidative stress | human participants | - | elevated | #5 |
a diet high in AGEs | increase | inflammation | human participants | - | elevated | #6 |
a diet high in AGEs | increase | blood pressure | human participants | - | elevated | #7 |
a diet high in AGEs | increase | endothelial dysfunction | human participants | - | elevated | #8 |
a diet high in AGEs | decrease | gut microbiota | human participants | - | could negatively alter | #9 |
Cardiometabolic disorders are characterised by a cluster of interactive risk determinants such as increases in blood glucose, lipids and body weight, as well as elevated inflammation and oxidative stress and gut microbiome changes. These disorders are associated with onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). T2DM is strongly associated with CVD. Dietary advanced glycation end products (dAGEs) attributable from modern diets high in sugar and/or fat, highly processed foods and high heat-treated foods can contribute to metabolic etiologies of cardiometabolic disorders. This mini review aims to determine whether blood dAGEs levels and tissue dAGEs levels are determinants of the prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders through recent human studies. ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay), high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) for blood dAGEs measurement and skin auto fluorescence (SAF) for skin AGEs measurement can be used. Recent human studies support that a diet high in AGEs can negatively influence glucose control, body weight, blood lipid levels and vascular health through the elevated oxidative stress, inflammation, blood pressure and endothelial dysfunction compared with a diet low in AGEs. Limited human studies suggested a diet high in AGEs could negatively alter gut microbiota. SAF could be considered as one of the predictors affecting risks for cardiometabolic disorders. More intervention studies are needed to determine how dAGEs are associated with the prevalence of cardiometabolic disorders through gut microbiota changes. Further human studies are conducted to find the association between CVD events, CVD mortality and total mortality through SAF measurement, and a consensus on whether tissue dAGEs act as a predictor of CVD is required.