Vitamin C, cholesterol, and the nutritional recommendations

Vitamin C, cholesterol, and the nutritional recommendations.

The effect of vitamin C supplementation on blood cholesterol level in high cholesterol-fed rats

سابقه و هدف: هیپرکلسترولمی یکی از فاکتورهای خطر بیماری‌های قلبی ـ عروقی است و افزایش کلسترول خون سلامت عمومی را تحت تاثیر قرار داده و میزان مرگ‌ و میر ناشی از بیماری‌های قلبی ـ عروقی را افزایش می‌دهد. تغذیه با رژیم پرکلسترول باعث افزایش میزان LDL و همچنین کاهش فعالیت گیرنده‌های LDL در کبد می‌شود. اکسیداسیون لیپوپروتئین موجود در دیواره عروق، باعث پیشرفت بیماری آتروسکلروز می‌شود. شواهد چندی حاکی ...

Vitamin C and plasma cholesterol.

There has been a long-lasting controversy about whether vitamin C has any significant effect on plasma cholesterol levels in human beings. Some early Russian studies suggested that vitamin C may decrease elevated cholesterol levels, and so the vitamin was used to some extent in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia (for review see Reference 1). However, the studies were not well controlled, and...

the effect of vitamin c supplementation on blood cholesterol level in high cholesterol-fed rats

background: hypercholesterolemia is one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases. it affects general health and increases cardiovascular mortality rate. diet with high cholesterol increases ldl that, inturn, decrease ldl receptors activity in liver. oxidation of vessel wall lipoproteins increases development of atherosclerosis. several evidences suggest that antioxidants consumption decre...

SPECIAL COMMUNICATION Criteria and Recommendations for Vitamin C Intake

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VITAmin C intake are under revision by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Since the last recommendations for vitamin C intake issued in 1989, extensive biochemical, molecular, epidemiologic, and clinical data have been published. This article reviews the role of vitamin C in metabolic processes, discusses criteria used for recommended ingestion...