Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine

Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine Publisher Pubmed

Kordafshari G¹ ; Kenari HM² ; Esfahani MM¹ ; Ardakani MRS¹ ; Keshavarz M¹ ; Nazem E¹ ; Moghimi M² ; Zargaran A^{3, 4}

Source: Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Published:2015

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Cardiovascular diseases are major health complications currently in various societies. Management of heart diseases as a prevention step or as treatment with low-cost procedures like lifestyle modifications including nutrition are important current trends. Although the term nutrition dates back to 2 past centuries, Persian physicians contributed to this term at least from 1000 years ago. Rhazes (865-925 AD) was one of the pioneers in this field. He preferred using foods in treating illnesses. “Foods and drinks” were 1 subject from 6 principles (Setteh Zarorieh) that Persian physicians believed can affect human health. In this review, we described some medieval Persian views on the role of nutrition in heart diseases and compare their prescriptions with current findings. Interestingly, current investigations mostly support Persian medicine principles. Historically, this work shows that the concept of nutrition in heart diseases has had a successful background at least from 1000 years ago in Persia. © The Author(s) 2014.

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MLA	Kordafshari G, et al.. "Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine." Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, vol. 20, no. 1, 2015, pp. 57-64.
APA	Kordafshari G, Kenari HM, Esfahani MM, Ardakani MRS, Keshavarz M, Nazem E, Moghimi M, Zargaran A (2015). Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 20(1), 57-64.
Chicago	Kordafshari G, Kenari HM, Esfahani MM, Ardakani MRS, Keshavarz M, Nazem E, Moghimi M, Zargaran A. "Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine." Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 20, no. 1 (2015): 57-64.
Harvard	Kordafshari G et al. (2015) 'Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine', Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 20(1), pp. 57-64.
Vancouver	Kordafshari G, Kenari HM, Esfahani MM, Ardakani MRS, Keshavarz M, Nazem E, et al.. Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015;20(1):57-64.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Kordafshari G and Kenari HM and Esfahani MM and Ardakani MRS and Keshavarz M and Nazem E and Moghimi M and Zargaran A}, title = {Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine}, journal = {Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine}, volume = {20}, number = {1}, pages = {57-64}, year = {2015} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Kordafshari G AU - Kenari HM AU - Esfahani MM AU - Ardakani MRS AU - Keshavarz M AU - Nazem E AU - Moghimi M AU - Zargaran A TI - Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine JO - Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine VL - 20 IS - 1 SP - 57 EP - 64 PY - 2015 ER -

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