[Alternative medicine. Past, present, future. Part 2]. 2009

V I Baksheev, and N M Kolomoets, and T V Kostycheva

Part 2 highlights the use of food products, bioactive additives, micronutrients, and phytotherapyforprevention of diseases. Many studies demonstrated positive effect of omega-3 PUFA, stanols, sterols, and esterified pargarines, soluble cellulose, controlled alcohol consumption, tea, Mg-enriched dietetic factors, folic acid combined with vitamins B6 and B12 on subjects with the initially enhanced homocysteine level. Garlic is known to reduce blood lipids, hawthorn may be useful at early stages of cardiac insufficiency, ginkgo biloba in arterial and cerebral disorders, horse chestnut for the treatment of peripheral vascular pathology. Results of controlled studies indicate that the use of many foods for prevention of different diseases is currently based on recommendations of individual doctors and needs to be substantiated by evidence-based practice. Physicians treating and educating patients must be well aware of alternative and supplemental therapeutic modalities with the use of foodstuffs, bioactive additives, micronutrients, and phytotherapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008517 Phytotherapy Use of plants or herbs to treat diseases or to alleviate pain. Herb Therapy,Herbal Therapy
D002318 Cardiovascular Diseases Pathological conditions involving the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM including the HEART; the BLOOD VESSELS; or the PERICARDIUM. Adverse Cardiac Event,Cardiac Events,Major Adverse Cardiac Events,Adverse Cardiac Events,Cardiac Event,Cardiac Event, Adverse,Cardiac Events, Adverse,Cardiovascular Disease,Disease, Cardiovascular,Event, Cardiac
D005503 Food Additives Substances used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed including ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are used as PHARMACEUTIC AIDS. Additive, Food,Additives, Food,Food Additive
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000529 Complementary Therapies Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment. Alternative Medicine,Complementary Medicine,Medicine, Alternative,Medicine, Complementary,Alternative Therapies,Therapy, Alternative,Therapy, Complementary,Therapies, Alternative,Therapies, Complementary
D018977 Micronutrients Essential dietary elements or organic compounds that are required in only small quantities for normal physiologic processes to occur. Micronutrient

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