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These molecules also retain biological effects in key cellular pathways such as oxidative stress and inflammation, apoptosis, and fibrosis, with a role in the onset and development of many pathophysiological conditions, including obesity, diabetes, and insulin resistance. Increasing evidence suggests that different nutrients and dietary patterns may affect ceramide levels, both negatively (e.g., fructose and the Western diet), whereas others improve the ceramide profile (e.g., \u03c9-3 PUFAs, resveratrol, vitamin D, and the Mediterranean and the Nordic diets). Thus, ceramide nutritional modulation could represent a simple, additive, and reliable tool to improve metabolic health. This review focused on the role of ceramides in the pathophysiology of diabetes and obesity, as well as their pathogenetic mechanisms of action. Ceramides are increasingly recognized as \u201cdynamic metabolic interfaces\u201d linking nutrition and disease. 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