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The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases

  • 1st Edition - January 15, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Ioannis Zabetakis, Ronan Lordan, Alexandros Tsoupras
  • Language: English

The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases presents a summary of the background information and published research on the role of food in inhibiting the devel… Read more

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Description

The Impact of Nutrition and Statins on Cardiovascular Diseases presents a summary of the background information and published research on the role of food in inhibiting the development of cardiovascular diseases. Written from a food science, food chemistry, and food biochemistry perspective, the book provides insights on the origin of cardiovascular diseases, an analysis of statin therapy, their side effects, and the role of dietary intervention as an alternative solution to preventing cardiovascular diseases. It focuses on the efficacy of nutrition and statins to address inflammation and inhibit the onset of disease, while also providing nutrition information and suggested dietary interventions.

Key features

  • Includes a bioscience approach that focuses on inflammation and revisits the lipid hypothesis
  • Presents the view that nutritional interventions have considerable value, not only for reducing cardiovascular risk for CVDs patients, but also acting as the best precaution for otherwise healthy people
  • Advocates that nutritional habits that are formed at a young age are the best way to tackle the global epidemic that is CVDs

Readership

Nutrition researchers, CVDs and public health researchers, CVDs clinicians, Nutritionists and Dietitians, Students in health related fields, Food Chemists and Food Biochemists (Academic, R+D, industrial), Regulatory bodies

Table of contents

1. The Origin of Chronic Diseases with Respect to Cardiovascular DiseaseRonan Lordan, Alexandros Tsoupras, and Ioannis Zabetakis2. InflammationRonan Lordan, Alexandros Tsoupras, and Ioannis Zabetakis3. Inflammation and Cardiovascular DiseasesAlexandros Tsoupras, Ronan Lordan, and Ioannis Zabetakis4. The Lipid Hypothesis and The Seven Countries StudyRonan Lordan, Alexandros Tsoupras, and Ioannis Zabetakis5. The Role of Cholesterol in Atherosclerosis, CVD, and Dietary PatternsAlexandros Tsoupras, Ronan Lordan, and Ioannis Zabetakis6. Statins: Rationale, Mode of Action, and Side-effectsSherif Sultan, Ashwini D’Souza, Ioannis Zabetakis, Ronan Lordan, Alexandros Tsoupras, Edel P Kavanagh, and Niamh Hynes7. Cardiovascular Risk: Assumptions, Limitations, and ResearchAlexandros Tsoupras, Ronan Lordan, and Ioannis Zabetakis8. Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: The Mediterranean DietAudrey Tierney, Ronan Lordan, Alexandros Tsoupas, and Ioannis Zabetakis9. Nutrition Versus Statins in Primary Prevention: Where do we Stand Now?Ioannis Zabetakis, Ronan Lordan, and Alexandros Tsoupras

Review quotes

"Low-level inflammation is the core underlying cause of most illness and disease. This evidence-based book shines a ground-breaking light on inflammation’s negative effect with regard to heart disease and the use of statins. This is a book that all health practitioners should have on their shelves."—Lori Shemek, PhD, CNC, bestselling author of ‘How to Fight FATflammation’

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 18, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Ioannis Zabetakis

Ioannis Zabetakis has studied and worked in Greece, United Kingdom and Ireland. Originally a chemist, he fell in love with food science (sensory and functional properties of food). After an academic career at the Universities of Leeds and Athens spanning 15 years, where he developed a strong interest in lipids and cardiovascular diseases, Ioannis joined the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Limerick (UL) in Ireland. In UL, the ongoing focus of his work is on the cardioprotective properties of food lipids with a particular emphasis on dairy and marine foods. With >75 papers and two patents, his quest is toward a healthier diet and lifestyle that will render us less dependent on medicines. http://scieng.ul.ie/departments/life-sciences/people/dr-ioannis-zabetakis Twitter Handle: @yanzabet
Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer and Course Leader, Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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Ronan Lordan

Ronan Lordan carried out his undergraduate studies at the University of Limerick, graduating with a first-class honors Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences and Education in 2015. Ronan taught Leaving Certificate Biology and Chemistry in Irish second-level schools before returning to the University of Limerick in 2016 to begin his PhD scholarship to study the role of dietary polar lipids in inflammation and cardiovascular disease. Ronan has lectured on various topics including lipids chemistry, genetics, and health. Ronan has published several peer-reviewed papers. His research interests include: (a) elucidating the structures of bioactive polar lipids in various foods; (b) developing novel functional foods and nutraceuticals against cardiovascular disease; and (c) discerning the mechanisms of platelet-activating factor-induced systemic inflammation. Ronan is the process of completing his PhD. Twitter Handle: @el_ronan
Affiliations and expertise
Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

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Alexandros Tsoupras

Dr Alexandros Tsoupras studied Chemistry-Biochemistry (BSc, MSc and PhD; Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), with scholarships, where he also worked as a Postgraduate-Postdoctoral Research-Teaching Associate, and then at the "Albany Medical College" (NY, USA). Alexandros was also a Lecturer in Greek Colleges, a Public Servant-Scientist, and then a Post-Doctoral Research-Teaching Associate at the University of Limerick (Department of Biological Sciences), Ireland, where he was promoted as an Assistant Professor, while since 2023 he is an Assistant Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace (Department of Chemistry, Kavala, Greece). He studies the implications of thrombo-inflammation and oxidative stress in chronic diseases, as well as the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of several natural bioactives and/or synthetic compounds, as ingredients for functional foods, cosmetics and/or drugs with health promoting effects, with participations in more than 80 scientific publications (2500 references, h-index=24, Scopus), in Scientific Conferences and patents-inventions

Affiliations and expertise
Hephaestus Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Kavala, Greece

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