Main description:

Despite 40 years of aggressive pharmaceutical and surgical interventions, coronary artery disease (CAD) remains the number one killer of women and men in Western civilization. When it comes to CAD, prevention is easier than cure, and if CAD does present itself, a combination of conventional and alternative methodologies can truly make a difference in people's lives. Nutritional and Integrative Strategies in Cardiovascular Medicine provides scientific and clinical insight from leaders in the field of cardiovascular medicine who explore an integrative approach to treating and curing cardiovascular diseases through conventional and non-allopathic methodologies.

Nutritional interventions with both appropriate noninflammatory diets and targeted nutraceutical supports are simple and basic strategies to prevent as well as help manage CAD and congestive heart failure (CHF). This evidence-based book describes how to integrate nutrition, supplements, lifestyle changes, and medications for improved outcomes in hypertension, lipids, diabetes, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, and much more. Topics include:

Nutrigenomics, proteomics, and metabolomics in heart disease
The risks and side effects of statin drugs
The value of omega-3s and other fats
Naturopathic approaches
Gender-specific medicine
Nutrient-drug interactions in cardiovascular medicine

Nutritional medicine and understanding nutrigenomics for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease will become the recommended practice of medicine in the very near future. This book is designed to help established health professionals as well as students preparing for degrees in healthcare.

Contents:

Myths of Cholesterol: Rethinking a Paradigm. Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Has Statin Therapy Been Oversold? A Call for a Reevaluation of the Standards for Treatment. Lipid Subfraction Testing. The Role of Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements in the Treatment of Dyslipidemia. Healing the Heart with Whole Foods and Food Bioactives. Potential of Diet and Dietary Supplementation to Ameliorate the Chronic Clinical Perturbations of the Metabolic Syndrome. Naturopathic Medicine and the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. Nutrition and Nutraceutical Supplements for the Treatment of Hypertension. The Role of Dentistry in Cardiovascular Health and General Well-Being. Lyme Disease and the Heart. Metabolic Cardiology: The Missing Link in the Treatment and Management of Heart Failure. Be the Willow: Stress, Resiliency, and Diseases of the Heart. Women and Heart Disease: Special Considerations. Hormones and Their Effect on the Cardiovascular System. Consequences of Cardiovascular Drug-Induced Nutrient Depletion. Index.