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Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Nov;30(11):1647-1657. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.07.009. Epub 2021 Aug 12.

The Relationship Between Dietary Choices and Health and Premature Vascular Ageing.

Heart, lung & circulation

Ioana Mozos, Daniela Jianu, Dana Stoian, Costin Mozos, Cristina Gug, Marius Pricop, Otilia Marginean, Constantin Tudor Luca

Affiliations

  1. Department of Functional Sciences - Pathophysiology, Center for Translational Research and Systems Medicine, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania; Department of Internal Medicine, Military Hospital, Timi?oara, Romania.
  3. 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania.
  4. Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania.
  5. Department of Microscopic Morphology, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania.
  6. Discipline of Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania. Electronic address: [email protected].
  7. 1st Department of Pediatrics, Center for Research on Growth and Developmental Disorders in Children, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania.
  8. Department of Cardiology, Victor Babe? University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timi?oara, Romania.

PMID: 34393048 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2021.07.009

Abstract

The paper aims to review the available data about the main mechanisms enabling improvement or accelerating vascular ageing due to food choices, considering recent experimental and clinical data, and emphasising potential implications for clinical practice and therapy. The main food choices which will be discussed are diets rich in fruits and vegetables, the Mediterranean diet, polyunsaturated fatty acids, cocoa, caffeine, tea, meat, dairy products, sodium, and potassium intake.

Copyright © 2021 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Arterial stiffness; Cocoa; Dairy product; Early vascular ageing; Fat; Meat; Mediterranean diet

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