Tag Archives: cardiovascular disease
Nutrition in cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in industrialized countries, and one of the factors that increase your risk is inadequate nutrition. Balancing your diet protect our heart.
1. What is cardiovascular disease?
Cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease and stroke) is caused by lack of blood supply to certain organs and are the principal manifestations of [...]
Beware of fats for cardiovascular health
Triglycerides are the fats most abundant in nature.The human adipose tissue is composed mostly of triglycerides and represent the main energy reserve of the organism.
If a person is overweight or are pursuing an unbalanced diet (with a high intake of saturated fat, simple sugars and alcohol), the concentrations of triglycerides in the blood may be [...]