Monday, February 18, 2013

Research: Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Vitamin D in Cardiology


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You care about your Hearth health? New research suggests Vitamin D and omega's are protecting the hearth.

There are different ways of preventing and treating cardiovascular disease. Besides drug therapy and lifestyle changing dietary modification and supplementation play an increasingly important role in the conservative treatment of cardiovascular disease. Current interest has focused on n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and vitamin D []. Their potential cardiovascular risk reduction has been subject of many studies. n-3 PUFA seems to play a role in the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac arrhythmias, and heart failure. There are indications that they can also be used as an addition to the standard therapy of hypertriglyceridemia and diabetes. The results of some clinical studies are promising concerning cardiovascular outcomes. The GISSI-P study, for example, has shown that in addition to medical therapy daily supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids (FA) can reduce cardiac and all-cause mortality in patients after myocardial infarction [].
The vitamin D receptor (VDR) is expressed in most tissues. Bioactive vitamin D belongs to a group of secosteroid molecules which are traditionally associated with bone and calcium metabolism []. The human body can synthesize vitamin D under influence of sunlight exposure out of 7-dehydrocholesterol, which is the major source (80% to 90%) of this substance in humans under natural conditions []. Vitamin D may potentially affect the treatment and prevention of hypertensive vascular disease, coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmias, peripheral vascular disease, lipid metabolism, and diabetes mellitus. Accumulating epidemiologic evidence suggests that hypovitaminosis D may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events [], and experimental data generally support the hypothesis that vitamin D has a protective role in cardiovascular health [].
This paper will examine the relevance of omega-3 FA and vitamin D in cardiology and will provide an update of clinical trial results ... Read More

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