Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine
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...
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| author | Gholamreza Kordafshari MD Hoorieh Mohammadi Kenari MD Mohammad Mehdi Esfahani PhD Mohammad Reza Shams Ardakani PhD Mansoor Keshavarz PhD Esmaeil Nazem Maryam Moghimi MD Arman Zargaran PharmD |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-887ce42014324145a946f82f240b925f2022-12-22T01:08:52ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine2156-58722156-58992015-01-012010.1177/2156587214553939Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian MedicineGholamreza Kordafshari MD0Hoorieh Mohammadi Kenari MD1Mohammad Mehdi Esfahani PhD2Mohammad Reza Shams Ardakani PhD3Mansoor Keshavarz PhD4Esmaeil Nazem5Maryam Moghimi MD6Arman Zargaran PharmD7School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranQoran, Hadis and Teb Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranSchool of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranQoran, Hadis and Teb Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranResearch Office for the History of Persian Medicine and Department of History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranCardiovascular 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/2156587214553939 |
| spellingShingle | Gholamreza Kordafshari MD Hoorieh Mohammadi Kenari MD Mohammad Mehdi Esfahani PhD Mohammad Reza Shams Ardakani PhD Mansoor Keshavarz PhD Esmaeil Nazem Maryam Moghimi MD Arman Zargaran PharmD Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine |
| title | Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine |
| title_full | Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine |
| title_short | Nutritional Aspects to Prevent Heart Diseases in Traditional Persian Medicine |
| title_sort | nutritional aspects to prevent heart diseases in traditional persian medicine |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2156587214553939 |
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