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- Title
Role of Macronutrients and Micronutrients in DNA Damage: Results From a Food Frequency Questionnaire.
- Authors
Ladeira, Carina; Carolino, Elisabete; Gomes, Manuel C.; Brito, Miguel
- Abstract
The links between diet and genomic instability have been under investigation for several decades, and evidence suggests a significant causal or preventive role for various dietary factors. This study investigates the influence of macronutrients (calories, protein, and glucides) and micronutrients, such as vitamins and minerals, as assessed by a food frequency questionnaire, on genotoxicity biomarkers measured by cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus assay and comet assay. The results found significant positive and negative correlations. Micronucleus frequency tends to increase with higher intake of caffeine, calcium, magnesium, zinc, and protein (P < .05, Spearman correlation). Calorie and omega-6 intakes are negatively correlated with DNA damage measured by the comet assay. These results are somewhat controversial because some of the correlations found are contrary to dominant views in the literature; however, we suggest that unraveling the association between diet and genetic instability requires a much better understanding of the modulating role of macronutrients and micronutrients.
- Subjects
DNA damage; GENETIC toxicology; DNA repair; RANK correlation (Statistics); DNA replication
- Publication
Nutrition & Metabolic Insights, 2017, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1178-6388
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1178638816684666