nutritional aspects of cardiovascular disease

Question 1

what are the cardiovascular diseases?

Answer 1

coronary heart disease
stroke
peripheral vascular disease
rheumatic heart disease
congenital heart disease
deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

Question 2

what are examples of coronary heart disease?

Answer 2

stable and unstable angina
acute MI
sudden death

Question 3

what is stroke

Answer 3

sudden localised loss of brain fucntion due to ischamia or haemorrhage and lasting more than 24 hours

Question 4

what are examples of peripheral vascular diseases?

Answer 4

disease of the aorta, and illiac and le arteries

Question 5

what is rheumatic heart disease?

Answer 5

damage to the heart muscle and heart valves from rheumatic fever caused by streptococcal bacteria

Question 6

what is congenital heart disease

Answer 6

malnformations of heart structure existing at birth

Question 7

main risk factors for CVD

Answer 7

obesity- diet
leads to hypertension and insuliin resistance diabetes

physical activity
smoking
alcohol
foetal and infant growth 
genetic

Question 8

whats the main components in a pro-atherogenic diet

Answer 8

cholesterol
trans fatty acids
sodium
alcohol

Question 9

what components are involved in anti atherogenic?

Answer 9

n-6 PUFA
monounsaturated FA
n-3 PUFA
carbohydrates
antioxidants
other factors- tea, garlic