Nutrition Prescription For CVD

Medical Nutrition Therapy goals for cardiovascular disease...

1. To provide low fat diet
2. To provide low cholesterol diet
3. to provide low sodium restricted diet if necessary

The table below showed the National Cholesterol Education Panel (NCEP) recommendation steps in fat controlled diet...

	Recommended Intake
	Step1	Step 2
Total fat	Less than 30%
Saturated fat (SFA)	Less than 10% of total calories	Less than 7% of total calories
Monounsaturated fat (MUFA)	10-15% of the total calories
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA)	Up to 10% of the total calories
Carbohydrate	50-60% of the total calories
Protein	10-20% of the total calories
Cholesterol	< 300mg/day	<200 mg/day
Total calories	To achieve and maintain desirable weight

LDL cholesterol is a main carrier of cholesterol in the blood while HDL cholesterol carries cholesterol from the arteries to the liver.So, its means increasing level of LDL cholesterol is bad for us.There is some nutritional factors that affect LDL cholesterol.

Increase LDL-C

• Saturated and trans fatty acid -coconut milk, animal fat,margerine, shortening
• dietary cholesterol
• Excess body weight

Decrease LDL-C

• Polyunsaturated fatty acid- omega-3, omega-6, plant source,corn oil
• Viscous fiber- oats, barley, beans         
• plant stanols
• Weight loss
• isoflavone