Nutritional Aspects of CVD

Question 1

What are the main risk factors for CVD?

Answer 1

• Diet/obesity
• Hypertension
• DM
• lack of physical activity
• smoking
• alcohol
• genetic
• foetal and infant growth

Question 2

List the pro-atherogenic components of diet which lead to CVD.

5

Answer 2

Cholesterol
Saturated FA
Trans FA
Sodium
Alcohol

Question 3

List the anti-atherogenic components of diet which prevent CVD.

6

Answer 3

PUFA
CHO-rich diet
NSP
MUFA
Antioxidant?
Phytochemicals?

Question 4

Facts about cholesterol.

Answer 4

• strong link between plasma level (LDL) and CVD.
• low LDL is good
• high LDL is bad
• HDL is better
• dietary cholesterol is only a problem with hypercholesterolemia

Question 5

Facts about sodium.

Answer 5

• not atherogenic
• increases BP
• reduce Na/increase K = reduce BP