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Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now the leading cause of death globally and is a growing health concern. Dietary factors are important in the pathogenesis of CVD and may to a large degree determine CVD risk, but have been less extensively investigated. Functional foods are those that are thought to...
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2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22570771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/569486 |
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author | Alissa, Eman M. Ferns, Gordon A. |
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description | Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now the leading cause of death globally and is a growing health concern. Dietary factors are important in the pathogenesis of CVD and may to a large degree determine CVD risk, but have been less extensively investigated. Functional foods are those that are thought to have physiological benefits and/or reduce the risk of chronic disease beyond their basic nutritional functions. The food industry has started to market products labelled as “functional foods.” Although many review articles have focused on individual dietary variables as determinants of CVD that can be modified to reduce the risk of CVD, the aim of this current paper was to examine the impact of functional foods in relation to the development and progression of CVD. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated the association between certain dietary patterns and cardiovascular health. Research into the cardio-protective potential of their dietary components might support the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals. This paper will also compare the effect of individual bioactive dietary compounds with the effect of some dietary patterns in terms of their cardiovascular protection. |
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spelling | pubmed-33352532012-05-08 Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases Alissa, Eman M. Ferns, Gordon A. J Nutr Metab Review Article Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now the leading cause of death globally and is a growing health concern. Dietary factors are important in the pathogenesis of CVD and may to a large degree determine CVD risk, but have been less extensively investigated. Functional foods are those that are thought to have physiological benefits and/or reduce the risk of chronic disease beyond their basic nutritional functions. The food industry has started to market products labelled as “functional foods.” Although many review articles have focused on individual dietary variables as determinants of CVD that can be modified to reduce the risk of CVD, the aim of this current paper was to examine the impact of functional foods in relation to the development and progression of CVD. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated the association between certain dietary patterns and cardiovascular health. Research into the cardio-protective potential of their dietary components might support the development of functional foods and nutraceuticals. This paper will also compare the effect of individual bioactive dietary compounds with the effect of some dietary patterns in terms of their cardiovascular protection. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3335253/ /pubmed/22570771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/569486 Text en Copyright © 2012 E. M. Alissa and G. A. Ferns. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Alissa, Eman M. Ferns, Gordon A. Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
title | Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
title_full | Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
title_fullStr | Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
title_short | Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
title_sort | functional foods and nutraceuticals in the primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22570771 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/569486 |
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