1.1 Introduction
1.2 Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: Medical background
1.3 Diet and Cardiovascular Disease: Dietary background
2.0 Dietary Recommendations
2.1 Energy
2.1.1 Energy Input
2.1.2 Energy Output
2.2 Total Fat
2.2.1 Saturated Fat
2.2.2 Unsaturated Fats
2.2.2.1 Polyunsaturated and Monounsaturated Fat
2.2.2.2 Trans Fat
2.3 Dietary Cholesterol
2.4 Protein
2.5 Carbohydrates
2.5.1 Starches and Complex Carbohydrate
2.5.2 Dietary Fibre
2.5.3 Sugars
2.6 Vitamins
2.6.1 Folate
2.6.2 Antioxidant Vitamins
2.6.3 Vitamin Supplements
2.7 Minerals
2.7.1 Sodium
2.7.2 Potassium
2.7.3 Calcium
2.8 Fluids
2.8.1 Water
2.8.2 Sugary Drinks
2.8.3 Coffee
2.8.4 Alcohol
2.9 Food Group Recommendations
2.10 Product Design and Food Labelling
3.0 More Heart Health Related Issues
3.1 Functional Foods
3.2 Flavanoids
3.3 Garlic
3.4 Soya
3.5 Fad Diets
4.0 Special Groups
4.1 Maternal Nutrition
4.2 Childhood Nutrition
4.3 Older People
5.0 Special Conditions
5.1 Hypertension
5.2 Obesity
5.3 The Metabolic Syndrome
5.4 Diabetes
6.0 Other Heart Health Issues
6.1 Diet in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease
6.2 Nutrition and Heart Failure
6.3 Nutrition and Arrhythmia risk
6.4 Drug-Nutrient Interactions
7.0 Policy recommendations
7.1 A framework and actions
7.1.1 Overarching actions of the framework
7.1.2 Existing national policies
7.1.3 Policies and policy tools that impact on nutrition goals
7.1.4 Policy recommendations that impact on the four key goals
7.1.5 Non-food related policies
7.2 The environmental setting
Appendix 1: Childhood Nutrition Statement
References
The Irish Heart Foundation has been a leading authority on dietary guidelines for heart health and prevention of cardiovascular disease over the last 40 years. The Foundation first published a policy on nutrition in 1992 and it is now timely that they have considered current scientific evidence and recommendations to produce these Nutrition Guidelines for Heart Health (2007).
| Format | Download |
|---|---|
| Keywords | guidelines, nutrition, heart diseases |
| Publisher | Irish Heart Foundation |
| Classification | heart diseases |
| Pages | 71 |
| Categories: | Reports, Irish Content |
| External Link | http://www.irishheart.ie/ |
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