Western-style diet

Newmark, H. L., Lipkin, M., and Maheshwari, N. (1990). Colonic hyperplasia and hyperproliferation induced by a nutritional stress diet with four components of Western-style diet. /. Natl. Cancer Inst. 82, 491-496. 

The accepted safe intake of acrylamide for the average person is 14 micrograms per day, although the World Health Organization estimates that a Western-style diet provides 70 micrograms per day. So should we worry about this The answer is probably no. It would appear that our body s natural detox defences are more than capable of disposing of this amount quite easily so we can continue to enjoy fried potatoes. If you are still worried, then you should always eat protein with your chips or fries because this can bind to acrylamide and prevent it entering the cells of the body. 

Preparation of Western-Style Diet with and without Multicarotenoid... 

PREPARATION OF WESTERN-STYLE DIET WITH AND WITHOUT MULTICAROTENOID MIXTURE (MCM)... 

Table 10.2 Composition of Western-style diet (AIN-76AWD) plus multicarotenoid mixture (MCM).°...

Kim, D.J. et al., Chemoprevention by lycopene of mouse lung neoplasia after combined initiation treatment with DEN, MNU, and DMH, Cancer Lett, 120, 15, 1997. Risio, M. et al.. Apoptosis, cell replication, and Western-style diet-induced tumori-genesis in mouse colon. Cancer Res., 56, 4910, 1996. 

Aslam, M., Kreider, Paruchuri, T., Bhagavathula, N., DaSilva, M., Zemicke, R., Goldstein, S., and Varani, J. (2010). A mineral-rich extract from the red marine algae lithothamnion calcareum preserves bone structure and function in female mice on a western-style diet. Calcif. Tissue Int. 86,313-324. 

Aslam et al. (2010) investigated whether a mineral-rich extract from the red marine algae Lithothamnion calcareum could be used as a dietary supplement for prevention of bone mineral loss. Their experiments showed that the mice receiving the mineral-rich supplement in the high-fat Western-style diet had better bone structure/function than the mice on the low-fat chow diet. The algae extract is already available as a food supplement imder the name Aquamin (GRAS 000028), which is currently used in various products of human consumption in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. 

Newmark, H.L., Yang, K., Lipkin, M., Kopelovich, L., Liu, Y, Fan, K., and Shinozaki, H. (2001) A Western-style diet induces benign and malignant neoplasms in the colon of normal C57B1/6 mice. Carcinogenesis 22,1871-1875. 

Risio, M., Lipkin, M., Newmark, H., Yang, K., Rossini, F.P., Steele, V.E., Boone, C.W., and KeUoff, G.J. (1996) Apoptosis, cell replication, and Western-style diet-induced tumorigenesis in mouse colon. Cancer Res. 56,4910-4916. 

Western style diet or low adherence to Mediterranean diet increases risk of chronic human disease and is associated with aberrant microbiota profiles and harmful microbial activities, e.g., TMA, TMAO, leaky gut. Inflammation, BCFA, genotoxins, carcinogens. 

Hull G.L.J., Woodside J.V., Ames J., CuskeUy G.J. AP-(carboxy-methyl)lysine content of foods commonly consumed in a Western style diet. Food Chemistry, 131 170-174 (2012). 

Interpopulation studies have demonstrated considerable differences in the fecal concentrations of bile acids. Our own studies in nineteen populations[30] have revealed that subjects consuming a diet typical of a rural third world population excreted relatively low concentrations of bile acids when compared to subjects consuming a western style diet (Table 2). Bile acid degradation to secondary substrates is also apparently reduced in these third world groups consuming a low animal fat and protein diet which is also high in fiber. 

Humans evolved on a diet that was rich in potassium and bicarbonate precursors and low in salt. However, contemporary Western-style diets have the opposite pattern—that is, relatively low content of potassium and high content of salt. Based on intake data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-III,1988-1994), the percentage of men and women who consumed equal to or more than 4.7g/day (120mmol/day) was less than 10 and 1%, respectively. Median intake of potassium in the United States ranged from 2.8 to 3.3 g/day (72 to 84 mmol/day) for adult men and 2.2 to 2.4 g/day (56 to 61 mmol/day) for adult women. The median potassium intake of non-African Americans exceeded that of African Americans. Because African Americans have a relatively low intake of potassium and a high prevalence of elevated blood pressure and salt sensitivity, this subgroup would especially benefit from an increased potassium intake. 

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