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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 A3, 4
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  1. 1. School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Qoran, Hadis and Teb Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  4. 4. Research Office for the History of Persian Medicine, Department of History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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


Abstract

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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