1. Role of Diet in Hypertension,
Anemia, Rickets, Osteomalacia
Dr.Rittu Chandel
Dr. Rittu Chandel,Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai
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2. HYPERTENSION
• Leading causes of global burden of disease
• Approximately 7.6 million deaths a year and 92 million
Disability Adjusted Life Years
• Doubles the risk of Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiovascular
Diseases, Stroke, Renal failure
• Man is the only animal suffering from hypertension
• INTERSALT study -1988
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7. DASH DIET (DIETARY APPROACHES TO STOP
HYPERTENSION)
• DASH diet formed the basis for the new USDA MyPyramid
• Also adopted by:
• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• The American Heart Association
• The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• US guidelines for treatment of high blood pressure
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9. DASH Diet
DASH Diet
– Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
– Promotes fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low fat dairy
products
– Adequate Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium
– Low in red meat, sweets and sugar beverages
DASH Reduces Homocysteine Levels
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10. Magnesium
• Evidence suggests an association between lower dietary
magnesium intake and high blood pressure
• Not enough evidence exists to justify a recommendation of
increased Mg intake
• vasodilator
Calcium
• American Heart Association Statement
– Increasing calcium intake may preferentially lower blood
pressure in salt-sensitive people
– Benefits more evident with low initial calcium intakes
(300-600 mg/day)
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1 tsp salt = 6 grams and contains about 2400 mg. of sodium (and 3600 mg. of
chloride).
Recommendation: everyone reduce daily sodium intake to 2400 mg.
Those with high blood pressure get only a modest decrease at 2400 mg
For significant results sodium to 1500 mg. a day.
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13. POTASSIUM
• POTASSIUM INTAKE IS CRITICAL.
• A good balance between potassium & sodium is 3/1.
• For 1500 mg. sodium one should aim for 4500 mg. potassium.
• Clinical trials and meta-analyses indicate potassium (K)
supplementation lowers BP
• 2005 Dietary Guidelines 4.7 grams/day
9 - 10 servings of fruits and vegetables
1.Reduces peripheral vascular resistance by direct arteriolar
dilatation
2.Increase loss of water and sodium from body
3.Suppression of renin angiotensin secretion
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15. POTASSIUM
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Potatoes
• Soups with natural meat broth and veggies, tomatoes
• Fish -- halibut, salmon, flounder, tuna are rich in K+
• International cuisines..lentil soups, chick peas, black beans
• Fruits - berries, bananas, citrus, melons, grapes, raisins,
apricots
• Nuts - peanuts, almonds
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16. Garlic
its bioactive sulphur compound S-allyl cysteine sulphoxide (SACS) antihypertensive and cardioprotective activities
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17. CHOCOLATE -Possibly Effective for
Hypertension (Nat. Med.Database)
Dark or milk chocolate 46-105 grams/day,
-provides 213-500 mg of cocoa polyphenols,
-modestly lowers systolic by 4.7 mmHg
and
-diastolic by 2.8 mmHg in normo- and hypertensive people.
• Kuna Indians
activation of nitric oxide and antioxidant and
antiinflammatory effects
After oral intake of cocoa, both the flavanol content
and the total antioxidant capacity in plasma increase
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18. • A 45-year-old woman
• a 3-month history of generalized body pains that were
nonresponsive to analgesic agents
• low back pain, progressive difficulty in getting up from sitting
and supine positions and in walking
• no history of trauma or any medication intake
• wears a black veil outdoors and is completely covered, with
little exposure to the sun, even in her courtyard
On examination
• a waddling gait with painful movements of both thighs
• serum calcium level = 8.4 mg per deciliter
• phosphate level 1.5 mg per deciliter
• alkaline phosphatase level 916 U per liter
• the 25-hydroxyvitamin D level 9 nmol per liter (reference range,
18 to 100).
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19. An anteroposterior radiograph of the pelvis showed an undisplaced transverse fracture of the
shaft of both femurs .
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21. Rickets and Osteomalacia
Calcium
Dairy products- milk, yogurt and cheese are all good sources of
calcium.
Pulses, nuts, dried fruit and green vegetables, such as spinach,
provide calcium
In the UK, white flour is fortified with calcium
Vitamin D
sunlight
cod liver oil, egg yolks, butter and oily fish
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22. • Chronic alcoholic are more predisposed to Vit D def
• Chronic ingestion of ethanol deficiency
• Stimulates hepatic Cyto P450
• Accelerated bio degradation of Vit D
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27. unprocessed whole foods
fresh fruits and vegetables, unrefined grains,
lean animal protein, legumes, nuts, seeds and
beans
The foods with the highest iron content,
containing a minimum of 5 mg of iron per
serving, are kidney beans, liver and beef,
oysters, rice bran, raw beet , mustard
Dried apricots, dates, cooked spinach, peas
and lean meats are moderately high in iron
1.8 mg iron must be absorbed daily
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28. • Cobalamin – fish, meat and dairy products
• Folate – liver, spinach, nuts
• Vitamin C - fruits and vegetables
• It's best to combine vegetables with fish, as that combination is
thought to produce a synergetic effect and maximize iron
absorption.
• In U.S., 20 mg iron added/lb of flour
• Baked bread contains ~28 mg iron/kg
• Equivalent to the iron content of beef
• Iron cooking pots
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29. • Plants are generally not good sources because of oxalate,
phytate, tannins
• Other -carbonates, phosphates
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- tea (reduces absorption by 50%)
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- EDTA ( food preservative – reduces absorption by
50%)
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- egg yolk ( phosvitin)
• Spinach has a lot of iron, but has ~780 mg oxalate/100 g
Heme iron absorption from diet not affected by ascorbate or
phytate
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Chocolate is loaded with saturated fat and is bad for cholesterol. Fact:Stearic acid, the main saturated fat found in milk chocolate, is unique. It doesn’t raise cholesterol levels like other types ofsaturated fats. In fact, eating a 1.4 ounce chocolate bar instead of a carbohydrate-rich snack has been shown to increase HDL (good) cholesterol levels.
Because of human milk contains only a small amount of vitamin D, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all breast-fed infants receive 400 IU of oral vitamin D daily beginning during the first two months of life and continuing until the daily consumption of vitamin D-fortified formula or milk is two to three glasses, or 500 mL.