• Fatemeh Rahimi, Yahya Pasdar, Mojtaba Kaviani, Soheil Abbasi, Hillary Fry, Azita Hekmatdoost, Omid Nikpayam, Golbon Sohrab, Mansoaur Rezaei, Seyed Mostafa Nachvak, and Reza Mohammadi.
• Nutritional Sciences Department, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
• Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2022 Jan 1; 2022: 2967977.

BackgroundMetabolic syndrome is overwhelmingly increasing and is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disorder, so effective treatment strategies are considered high priority. This study aimed to determine the effects of synbiotic supplementation on metabolic factors in patients with metabolic syndrome.MethodsIn this triple-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial, 108 participants were divided into two groups to receive synbiotic supplementation or placebo for 12 weeks. All participants were also educated about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and consuming low-calorie nutritious meals, along with dietary intake and physical activity monitoring. Anthropometric measures, blood pressure, glycemic indices, lipid profile, hepatic enzymes, and hs-CRP were evaluated at the baseline and end of the trial.ResultsSynbiotic supplementation significantly reduces fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels in the intervention group versus placebo group [-14.69 ± 15.11 mg/dl vs. -8.23 ± 7.90 mg/dl; p=0.007], but there was no difference between groups in other metabolic factors.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that synbiotic supplementation while following a healthy lifestyle and nutrition improved FBG in patients with metabolic syndrome.Copyright © 2022 Fatemeh Rahimi et al.

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