Consuming
a Western diet, low
in fibre and high in fat and sugar, can put you at
increased risk of developing severe sepsis, researchers say.
The
study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences, found mice that were fed the Western diet showed an
increase in chronic inflammation, sepsis severity and higher
mortality rates than mice that were fed a normal diet.
Sepsis
is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by the body's
response to an infection. It can lead to shock and organ failure. It
is one of the most common cause of death worldwide.
According
to the researchers, including Brooke Napier from the Portland State
University, the mice had more severe sepsis and were dying faster
because of something in their diet, not because of the weight gain or
microbiome, the body's community of bacteria.
"The
mice's immune system on the Western
diet looked and functioned differently. It looks like
the diet is manipulating immune cell function so that you are more
susceptible to sepsis, and then when you get sepsis, you die
quicker," Napier said.
The
researcher said the findings can help hospitals better monitor the
diets of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) since they are
already the ones most likely to develop sepsis. Read
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