Dietary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Canada, the United States and most of the Westernized World. In addition, the costs of medications and medical procedures for the prevention and treatment of CVD continue to increase at rapid pace, placing a major burden on the healthcare system and on society. Therefore, simple, inexpensive treatments with vigorous non-pharmacologic therapy are needed to promote better prevention and treatment of CVD. Certainly, articles in this journal, Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases (PCVD), have emphasized non-pharmacologic strategies in recent years, including dietary therapy,1 –3 and particularly, physical activity and exercise training to increase levels of cardiorespiratory fitness,4–15 with potential to produce very marked reductions in CVD events and to reduce CVD- and all-cause mortality.
Source: Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research