Nutritional strategies in cardiovascular disease control: an update on vitamins and conditionally essential nutrients.
Several nutritional interventions for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and therapy have recently appeared in the biomedical literature. These include appropriate use of several vitamins (E, C, B6, folate) and conditionally essential nutrients (CoQ10, L-arginine, propionyl L-carnitine). Possible undesirable consequences of long term nutritional supplementation with vitamin E and of adverse drug-nutrient interactions between the statins and CoQ10 are also considered. Although additional intervention studies are needed, current scientific evidence generally supports nutritional supplementation with these nutrients as an effective adjunctive strategy for CVD control.
Kendler
B S
BS
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471, USA.
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001120:Arginine / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002331:Carnitine / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003067:Coenzymes; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000191:economics / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000975:Antioxidants; D003067:Coenzymes; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D014451:Ubiquinone; D014810:Vitamin E; D001120:Arginine; C024989:coenzyme Q10; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; D002331:Carnitine