Nutritional strategies in cardiovascular disease control: an update on vitamins and conditionally essential nutrients.
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs
; 14(4): 124-9, 1999.
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ABSTRACT
Several nutritional interventions for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and therapy have recently appeared in the biomedical literature. These include appropriate use of several vitamins (E, C, B6, folate) and conditionally essential nutrients (CoQ10, L-arginine, propionyl L-carnitine). Possible undesirable consequences of long term nutritional supplementation with vitamin E and of adverse drug-nutrient interactions between the statins and CoQ10 are also considered. Although additional intervention studies are needed, current scientific evidence generally supports nutritional supplementation with these nutrients as an effective adjunctive strategy for CVD control.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Contexto em Saúde:
2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ácido Ascórbico
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Complexo Vitamínico B
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Vitamina E
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Doenças Cardiovasculares
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Sequestradores de Radicais Livres
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Antioxidantes
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prog Cardiovasc Nurs
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article