HEED-110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Coronary Artery Disease, Coronary Circulation, Cardiovascular Disease
3 Feb 2017
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Limiting your intake of saturated and trans fats, which promote the production of cholesterol by the liver, is the key dietary change for improving blood cholesterol levels; dietary cholesterol has much less of an effect on blood cholesterol. Women 1/3 deaths are due to cardiovascular disease. Weight training and aerobic activities improves cardiovascular health. Whole grains (whole wheat, oatmeal, rye, barley, and brown rice), foods with omega-3 fatty acids (salmon), and foods high in potassium and low in sodium (bananas) all improve cardiovascular health. Cardiovascular disease (cvd): the collective term for various diseases of the heart and the blood vessels. Cardiovascular system: the syste(cid:373) that (cid:272)ir(cid:272)ulates (cid:271)lood through he (cid:271)ody" (cid:272)o(cid:374)sists of the heart a(cid:374)d the blood vessels. Atherosclerosis: a form of cvd in which the inner layers of artery walls are made thick and irregular by plaque deposits; arteries become narrow and blood supply is reduced.
