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One major example of the synergy of bioactive foods and extracts is their role as an antioxidant and the related remediation of cardiovascular disease. There is compelling evidence to suggest that oxidative stress is implicated in the physiology of several major cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and increased free radical formation and reduced antioxidant defences. Studies indicate bioactive foods reduce the incidence of these conditions, suggestive of a potential cardioprotective role of antioxidant nutrients.
Bioactive Food as Dietary Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease investigates the role of foods, herbs and novel extracts in moderating the pathology leading to cardiovascular disease. It reviews existing literature, and presents new hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive components of the diet.
- Addresses the most positive results from dietary interventions using bioactive foods to impact cardiovascular disease
- Documents foods that can affect metabolic syndrome and other related conditions
- Convenient, efficient and effective source that allows readers to identify potential uses of compounds - or indicate those compounds whose use may be of little or no health benefit
- Associated information can be used to understand other diseases that share common etiological pathways
List of contents
Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Prevention of CVD in Humans: Intervention Trials, Healthy Heart Concept, Future Developments
Herbal Supplements or Herbs in Heart Disease: History, herbal foods, coronary heart disease
Plant statins and Heart Failure
Bioactive Nutrients and Cardiovascular Disease
Vitamins and Myocardial Infarction in diabetics
Cardioprotective Nutrients
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease
Diet and Homocysteinemia - A role in CVD?
Phytosterols and Cardiovascular Disease
Taurine Exposure on Arterial Pressure
mouFISH Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease- Part 1
Quercetin and its Metabolites in Heart Health
Vitamin K, Coronary Calcification and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
A Review of the Antioxidant Actions of Three Herbal Medicines (Crataegus monogyna, Ginkgo biloba and Aesculus hippocastanum) on the Treatment of Cardiovascular diseases
Grape Poylphenols in Heart Health Promotion
Cacao for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Phytoestrogens and the Role in Cardiovascular Health: To Consume or Not to Consume?
Probiotic Species on Cardiovascular Disease: The Use of Probiotics to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Dairy Foods and Cardiovascular Disease
Red Palm Oil Carotenoids: Potential Role in Disease Prevention
Bioactive Compounds in Red Palm Oil Can Modulate Mechanisms of Actions in in vitro Anoxic Perfused Rat Hearts
The Effect of L-carnitine and Its Derivatives in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Dietary Blueberry Supplementation as a Means of Lowering High Blood Pressure
Vitamin D and Cardio-Metabolic Risks
Phytosterols and Micronutrients for Heart Health
Protection by Plant Flavonoids Against Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Bioactive Compounds In Heart Disease
A Critical Appraisal of the Individual Constituents of Indian Diet in Modulating Cardiovascular Risk
Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Prevention of CVD in Humans: Chemistry, Dyslipidemia
Herbal Supplements or Herbs in Heart Disease: Herbiceutical formulation, clinical trials, futuristic developments
Fish Proteins in Coronary Artery Disease Prevention: Amino Acid-Fatty Acid Concept
Herbs Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine in Treatment of Heart Diseases
Protective Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Against Atherosclerosis: A Review
Potential of Soy Phytochemicals in Cardiomyocyte Regeneration and Risk Reduction of Coronary Heart Disease
Fish Oil Fatty Acids and Vascular Reactivity
Counteracting the Infammatory Response in the Atherosclerosis Bioactive Products
Cardioprotective Efficacy of Alternative and Complementary Therapeutics
Effect of Terminalia Arjuna on Cardiac Hypertrophy
Fish Consumption and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease - Part 2
Plant Sterols and Artery Disease
About the author
Ronald Ross Watson, PhD, is Professor of Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Watson began his research in public health at the Harvard School of Public Health as a Fellow in 1971 doing field work on vaccines in Saudi Arabia. He has done clinical studies in Colombia, Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United States which provides a broad international view of public health. He has served in the military reserve hospital for 17 years with extensive training in medical responses to disasters as the chief biochemistry officer of a general hospital, retiring as a Lt. Colonel. He is a distinguished member of several national and international nutrition, immunology, and cancer societies. Dr. Watson’s career has involved studying many lifestyle aspects for their uses in health promotion. He has edited over 100 biomedical reference books and 450 papers and chapters. His teaching and research focuses on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs of abuse in heart function and disease in mouse models.Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRSC, FRCPath graduated with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. After gaining his University of London PhD, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists. He was later awarded his second doctorate (DSc), for his contribution to protein metabolism in health and disease. He is Professor of Clinical Biochemistry (Hon) at King’s College Hospital and Emeritus Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry at King’s College London. He has Honorary Professorships at the University of Hull, and the University of Suffolk. Professor Preedy was the Founding Director and then long-term Director of the Genomics Centre at King’s College London from 2006 to 2020. Professor Preedy has been awarded fellowships of the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal College of Pathologists, the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, the Royal Institute of Public Health, the Royal Society for Public Health, the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Royal Society of Medicine. He carried out research when attached to the National Heart Hospital (part of Imperial College London), The School of Pharmacy (now part of University College London) and the MRC Centre at Northwick Park Hospital. He has collaborated with international research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, USA, and Germany. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 750 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts and symposium presentations, reviews and edited books.
Summary
Presents hypotheses and conclusions on the effects of different bioactive components of the diet. This book addresses the positive results from dietary interventions using bioactive foods to impact cardiovascular disease. It allows readers to identify potential uses of compounds.
