Prevention of coronary heart disease
Subtitle: from the cholesterol hypothesis to [omega]6/ [omega]3 balance
By: volume editor, Harumi Okuyama ; authors, Harumi Okuyama ... [et al.].
Contributors: Okuyama, Harumi.
Series: World review of nutrition and dietetics -- v. 96
Publisher: Karger
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Basel; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9783805581790
Subjects: Coronary heart disease -- Prevention; Coronary heart disease -- Nutritional aspects; Omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-165) and index.
Table of contents: title: The cholesterol hypothesis; title: its basis and its faults; title: Association of high total cholesterol with coronary heart disease mortality differs among subject populations; title: Familial hypercholesterolemia as a key concept; title: Cancer and all-cause mortalities are lower in the higher total cholesterol groups among general populations; title: Pleiotropic effects of statins in the prevention of coronary heart disease; title: potential side effects; title: Objective measures of pathology of coronary heart disease; title: [omega]3 fatty acids effectively prevent coronary heart disease and other late-onset diseases; title: the excessive linoleic acid syndrome; title: Why isn't the causal relationship between linoleic acid and mortalities from coronary heart disease and stroke revealed by clinical studies?; title: Mechanisms by which dietary fats affect coronary heart disease mortality; title: Cancers common in the USA are stimulated by [omega]6 fatty acids and large amounts of animal fats, but suppressed by [omega]3 fatty acids and cholesterol; title: New directions of lipid nutrition for the primary and secondary prevention of coronary heart disease and other late-onset diseases.