Alessandro Casini
Associate Professor
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
University of Firenze
Italy
Biography
Associate Professor Confirmed in Applied Dietary Techniques (MED / 49) at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine - School of Human Health Sciences - University of Florence • Vice-Chair of the Degree Course in Dietary at the School of Human Health Sciences at the University of Florence • President of the Laurea Magistrale Course Interfaculty in Food Sciences of the University of Florence • Head of the Tuscany Region Reference Center for the Study of Nutrition Disorders • Director of the "Nutrition Agency", Departmental Organizational Structure (SOD) of the Integrated Department (DAI) of General and Urinal Medicine and Surgery, Hospital-University Hospital of Careggi, Florence
Research Interest
Particularly interesting subjects in the field of scientific research of prof. Casini were: the physiopathology of alcoholic epatopathy, with particular regard to the pathogenesis of liver fibrosis; nutritional disorders in the course of chronic alcoholism; the role of food in the development of chronic diseases; epidemiological studies and interdisciplinary projects on the pathophysiology of nutrition in groups of healthy subjects or with chronic diseases, with particular reference to metabolic risk indicators; the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance; the therapeutic effects of new thiazolidinedionic antidiabetic drugs,
Publications
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Dinu, M; Pagliai, G; Casini, A; Sofi, F (2017). Mediterranean diet and multiple health outcomes: an umbrella review of meta-analyzes of observational studies and randomized trials. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION, p. 0-0, ISSN: 0954-3007
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Sereni, Alice; Cesari, Francesca; Gori, Anna Maria; Maggini, Niccolò; Marcucci, Rossella; Casini, Alessandro; Sofi, Francesco (2017). Cardiovascular benefits from ancient grain bread consumption: findings from a double-blinded randomized crossover intervention trial. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCES AND NUTRITION, vol. 1, pp. 97-103, ISSN: 0963-7486
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Whittaker, Anne; Dinu, Monica; Cesari, Francesca; Gori, Anna Maria; Fiorillo, Claudia; Becatti, Matteo; Casini, Alessandro; Marcucci, Rossella; Benedettelli, Stefano; Sofi, Francesco (2017). Khorasan wheat-based replacement diet improves risk profile of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): a randomized crossover trial. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, vol. 56, pp. 1191-1200, ISSN: 1436-6207
