Cholesterol and Beyond: The Research on Diet and Coronary Heart Disease 1900-2000

By A. Stewart Truswell

Book Overview

Emergence of Coronary Heart Disease as a Diagnosis.- Experimental Pathology in St. Petersburg.- Is Plasma Cholesterol Raised with Human Atherosclerosis?.- Diet Can Have Worthwhile Effects on Human Plasma Cholesterol.- A New Type of Observational Epidemiology.- Serum Triglycerides? Another Risk Factor.- Fredrickson's Classification of the Hyperlipoproteinaemias.- The Seven Countries Study (7CS).- Sucrose - An Alternative Dietary Hypothesis.- HDL-Cholesterol Is Protective.- Critics and Sceptics.- Thrombosis on and in Atheroma.- Dietary Cholesterol May Affect Plasma Cholesterol.- First Controlled Trials.- Dietary Fibre.- Obesity.- Thrombosis Treated Early.- Fish Oil.- Alcohol.- Coffee.- Trans-Fatty Acids.- Antioxidants.- More Controlled Dietary Trials.- Trials of Better Drugs.- Linoleic Acid is Protective.- Plant Sterols Fade and Return.- Soy Proteins Versus Casein.- High Homocysteine Associated with Cardiovascular Diseases.- And Salt Should Be Included.- How It Adds Up.- The Big Picture.- End Notes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048188741
• ISBN13: 9789048188741
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 3.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"