Nutrition and Heart Disease: Causation and Prevention

ISBN-13: 9780849316746 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 360 str.

Ronald R. Watson; W. J. E. Bemelmans; Susan Appt

Opis

Heart disease is the primary cause of death and disability in Western countries. Research indicates that nutrition and diet play key roles in both preventing and causing many types of heart damage and dysfunction. By understanding the complex relationship between diet and disease, new prevention measures can be established and millions of lives can be saved.Featuring the most current knowledge from authoritative sources, Diet and Heart Disease: Causation and Prevention reviews the impact of nutrition and diet in the prevention and treatment of heart disease. The book explains how dietary agents such as fats and alcohol can increase as well as reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, discusses the effects of various nutrients, and presents information on special diets that have been known to affect cardiac health in populations around the world. Providing insight into myriad dietary factors related to cardiovascular disease, the text also addresses the ways that nutrition intervention and treatment directly influence heart health. This comprehensive desk reference will benefit nutrition and cardiovascular researchers, primary care physicians, and dietitians in the race to reduce t

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DIETS AND HEART DISEASE PREVENTION
The Role of the Dietitian in reducing cardiovascular risk: an evidence based approach, Hooper
Seafood and Myocardial Infarction in China, Yuan
The Low Occurrence of Coronary Heart Disease in Sub-Saharan African Populations, Walker
Dietary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease, de Lorgeril , P.Salen
Effects of Nutritional Education on Cardiovasular Risk Factors, Bemelmans
NUTRIENTS AND HEART DISEASE
Micronutrients and Cardiovascular Disease, Witte, Clark
Leptin and Blood Pressure, Swoap, Overton
Retinol, Beta-Carotene, and alpha tocopherol in Heart Disease, Lopes, Casal, Oliveira, Barros
Folate, Homocysteine, and Heart Disease, Ashfield-Watt, Burr, McDowell
FOODS AND MACRONUTRIENTS IN HEART DISEASE
Flavonoids (also known as Bioflavonoids), Extracted and in Foods: Role in Hypertention Prevention and Treatment, Mlakar, Simpson
High Carbohydrate Diets and Lipids Metabolism, Beylot
Vasculoprotective Effects of Olive Oil: Epidemiological Background and Direct Vascular Antiatherogenic Properties, Massaro, Scoditti
Cardiovascular Effects of Dietary Soy, Clarkson. Appt
Malnutrition and the Heart: A Pediatric Perspective, Venugopalan
Plant Sterols and Plant Stanols, lipoprotein metalbolism, and cardiovascular disease, Naumann, Plat, Mensink
Non-Nutrient Food Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases, S. Vaghefi
AGE AND HEART DISEASE
Age Related Cardiac Dysfunction, Yang, Larson, Watson
Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase (iNOS) and Heart Failure, Yang, Larson, Watson

O autorze

Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy