The importance of diet therapy in the prevention and treatment of manifestations of metabolic syndrome X

: The authors present an account of dietetic principles in the treatment of the metabolic syndrome X (Reaven 1988). Principles valid til recently are compared with the most recent views based on experimental and clinical investigations, using molecular methods. The authors explain in detail the importance of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in the oil of marine fish which are important not only for reducing the blood lipid level but also to improve the insulin resistance and they reduce slightly the blood pressure.