Nutrition and Heart Disease: Causation and Prevention

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Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy
CRC Press, Dec 17, 2003 - Medical - 360 pages
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
 

Contents

An EvidenceBased Approach
3
Chapter 2 Seafood and Myocardial Infarction in China
17
Chapter 3 Low Occurrence of CHD in SubSaharan African Populations
39
Insights into the Mediterranean Diet
49
Chapter 5 Effects of Nutritional Education on Cardiovascular Risk Factors
65
Effects of Nutritional Education on Cardiovascular Risk Factors
73
Chapter 6 Micronutrients and Cardiovascular Disease
75
Chapter 7 Leptin and Blood Pressure
105
Chapter 11 HighCarbohydrate Diets and Lipid Metabolism
181
Epidemiological Background and Direct Vascular Antiatherogenic Properties
193
Chapter 13 Cardiovascular Effects of Dietary Soy
215
A Pediatric Perspective
237
Chapter 15 Plant Sterols and Stanols Lipoprotein Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease
279
Chapter 16 NonNutrient Food Factors and Cardiovascular Diseases
295
Age and Heart Disease
319
Chapter 17 AgeRelated Cardiac Dysfunction
321

Chapter 8 Retinol BetaCarotene and AlphaTocopherol in Heart Disease
119
Chapter 9 Folate Homocysteine and Heart Disease
137
Foods and Macronutritients in Heart Disease
155
Role in Hypertension Prevention and Treatment
157
Chapter 18 Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase iNOS and Heart Failure
333
Index
351
Back cover
355
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