Synopses & Reviews
Reviews the various mechanisms by which nutritional factors can effect changes in blood pressure or maintain normal homeostasis. Divided into two concise sections, it consists of studies by leading biochemical researchers and clinicians on the influence of selected nutrients and dietary calcium. Section A discusses the pathophysiologic role of such factors as potassium, dietary fat and fiber, alcohol, and sodium intake. Section B focuses on calcium intake and its link with the pathogenesis of common, chronic disease. It probes such issues as the epidemiologic relationship between lower calcium intake and hypertension, the blood pressure response to increased calcium intake, the physiology of intestinal calcium absorption, and the transport of calcium to the cell.
Table of Contents
SELECTED NUTRIENTS.
Nutritional Influences on the Pathophysiology of Hypertension (T. Pickering).
Epidemiology of Nutrition and Hypertension (S. Wassertheil-Smoller & B. Lamport).
Alcohol and Hypertension (H. Friedman).
Nutrition and Blood Pressure in Childhood (B. Falkner, et al.).
Relationship of Body Fat Distribution to Blood Pressure Level (L. Gerber).
Nutritional Approaches to Hypertension (J. Wylie-Rosett & C. Swencionis).
EMERGING ISSUES RELATED TO CALCIUM INTAKE.
Calcium Metabolism in Health and Chronic Diseases: An Overview (D. McCarron).
Calcium Metabolism in Hypertension (E. Young, et al.).
Dietary Calcium, Sodium, and Hypertension in Blacks and the Elderly (M. Zemel & J. Sowers).
Cellular Mechanisms Related to the Antihypertensive Effect of Calcium: Vascular Smooth Muscle as an Example (F. Vincenzi).
Mechanisms of Action of Calcium Absorption Factors that Influence Bioavailability (T. Dr?eke).
Calcium Intake and Blood Pressure: An Epidemiologic Perspective (W. Harlan & L. Harlan).
Index.