Nutrition and Heart Disease: Causation and PreventionRonald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy 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 |
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