Diet and cvd Flashcards
what is meant by a chd
stable and unstable angina
acute mi
sudden death with no hishgry of chest ain and or presou infration
what is meant by a strok
loss of blood supply to the brain lasting longer than 24 hours
what percent of stroke is due to ischemai
85%
what are teh risk factors for cvd
hypertesnion, obesity, dent, diabets, physical activity, smoking ,alcohol, foetal infant growth
what are some pro atherogentic factors
cholesterol, satruated fatty acids, trans fattry acids, sodium alchol
what are some antiatherogentic factos
polly fa, carbs rich diet, fibre, anti oxidant, phyochemcial, garlic and onion
what is the effect of lowering plasma cholestero llevel by 1%
2 to 3 % reduced chd risk
what is teh effect of saturaed fatty acid
increaed blood cholester level
what is teh benifit of chaning 1% of fatty satured ated fatty acid to unsatued fatty acid
2-3% reded risk in cardiovalue diase
how muc satured fatty acid shoul dmena and wome have each day
30 - men
20- women
what is teh effect of trans fat on cholestero
rasies ldl cholestion, plama tag and lowers hdl choleser
what is teh effect of replain 1 % of ender of trans fat with unsatued fat
chd reduced by 12%
how much trans fat should be consuemd each day
no more than 5g
what is the effec o fsoidum intake on bp
increaes it
what is the recomned sodium intake
7.2 g
what ammount of aclho raises blood pressure
30 units a week
what is n6 pufa
it lowers ldl hcoles and hdl choles
what is the role of oleic acid
it is a monosatued fa - can be used for subition to reduce ld in cholesteroand plaa
n3 pufa
maragine
what is teh effect of n3 pufa
reducies effeec of tag plasm levels but midnal effecs on ldl and hdl
anti inflation and anti thromboic
what are antioxiant examples
zn, se, mn, vit ca and e , cartenoids and flavioids
what are car
anti oxygendants role
cell defence
what is the beinfica compound in greeen tea
catechin content
