15 Dec 2015 --- DSM Nutritional Products highlights a new paper, published in the online open access journal ‘Nutrients’. The paper reviews prevailing literature and studies related to the potential for nutrition to modify the health impacts of air pollution and offers a framework for examining these interactions and potential nutritional solutions. The findings demonstrate that, in an air polluted environment, a healthy diet with adequate intake of essential micronutrients could play an important role in preventing the development of chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular and pulmonary risks.