Association of dietary inflammatory index with body composition and disease progression in adults with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: evidence from a cross-sectional study
Hamid Abbasi, Hamid Rasekhi, Mehrnoosh Shafaatdoost, Arefeh Mohajerani, Milad Asadollahi, Maryam Rashidi, Mahsa Malekahmadi, Payam Sarraf · 2026
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Hamid Abbasi and co-authors link how swelling prone a diet is to body makeup and decline in adults with a nerve wasting disease, in a study from 2026. The disease, known by its short name ALS in the text, kills the nerves that move muscle. Ninety three adults from one clinic in Tehran filled a long food form, and the team scored each diet for its swelling tilt.
Adults on the most swelling prone diets ate less of a string of vitamins and minerals. To the team surprise, that top group showed a slower pace of decline on a joint score once age, sex, weight, and past were weighed. The authors stress that a snapshot study cannot prove cause. They call for a strict trial to test whether diet tilt truly slows the disease.
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| CREATOR | Hamid Abbasi, Hamid Rasekhi, Mehrnoosh Shafaatdoost, Arefeh Mohajerani, Milad Asadollahi, Maryam Rashidi, Mahsa Malekahmadi, Payam Sarraf |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |