The Relationship Between Probiotics and Dietary Fiber Consumption and Cardiovascular Health

Dietary fibre is a food component, which has an important role in human health. Dietary fiber consumption promotes cardiovascular health, weight management, and other benefits. Indonesia has an abundance of natural food ingredients, making it easy to meet human dietary fiber requirements. Non-flaky crackers are a bakery product such as snacks with no layers inside and have a neutral or slightly sweet and salty favour. Some natural ingredients added to non-flaky crackers are green bean, microalgae, citrus seeds, broccoli co-products, Hibiscus sabdariffa residue and blackcurrant pomace. The addition of natural ingredients can increase the nutrition and organoleptic quality of non-flaky crackers. Keywords: Dietary fibre; natural ingredients; non-flaky crackers; nutrition content; organoleptic ABSTRAK Serat pangan merupakan komponen pada makanan yang memiliki peran penting bagi kesehatan manusia. Konsumsi serat pangan dapat membantu meregulasi kesehatan kardiovaskular, menyeimbangkan berat badan dan kesehatan lainnya. Indonesia memiliki keberagaman bahan pangan alami yang berlimpah, oleh karena itu mudah untuk memenuhi kebutuhan serat pangan bagi manusia. Non-flaky crackers adalah produk bakery berupa snack, yang tidak memiliki lapisan di dalamnya dan memiliki rasa netral, atau sedikit manis dan asin. Beberapa bahan yang dapat ditambahkan pada non-flaky crackers untuk meningkatkan kadar serat diantaranya adalah kacang polong, mikroalga, biji jeruk, brokoli co-products, Hibiscus sabdariffa residue dan blackcurrant pomace. Penambahan bahan pangan alami tersebut meningkatkan kualitas nutrisi dan organoleptik non-flaky crackers. Kata kunci: Bahan alami; kadar nutrisi; non-flaky crackers, organoleptik; serat pangan

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Elucidating the Relationship Between Insomnia, Sex, and Cardiovascular Disease

Gender and the Genome ◽

10.1177/2470289720980018 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 247028972098001

Author(s):

Rebecca Leeds ◽

Ari Shechter ◽

Carmela Alcantara ◽

Brooke Aggarwal ◽

John Usseglio ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cardiovascular Disease ◽

Sex Differences ◽

Cardiovascular Health ◽

Future Research ◽

Sex And Gender ◽

Men And Women ◽

Sex Research ◽

And Gender ◽

The Relationship ◽

Cvd Mortality

Sex differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality have been attributed to differences in pathophysiology between men and women and to disparities in CVD management that disproportionately affect women compared to men. Similarly, there has been investigation of differences in the prevalence and presentation of insomnia attributable to sex. Few studies have examined how sex and insomnia interact to influence CVD outcomes, however. In this review, we summarize the literature on sex-specific differences in the prevalence and presentation of insomnia as well as existing research regarding the relationship between insomnia and CVD outcomes as it pertains to sex. Research to date indicate that women are more likely to have insomnia than men, and there appear to be differential associations in the relation between insomnia and CVD by sex. We posit potential mechanisms of the relationship between sex, insomnia and CVD, discuss gaps in the existing literature, and provide commentary on future research needed in this area. Unraveling the complex relations between sex, insomnia, and CVD may help to explain sex-specific differences in CVD, and identify sex-specific strategies for promotion of cardiovascular health. Throughout this review, terms “men” and “women” are used as they are in the source literature, which does not differentiate between sex and gender. The implications of this are also discussed.

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Dietary fiber consumption in an adult Dutch population A methodological study using a seven-day record

Journal of the American Dietetic Association ◽

10.1016/s0002-8223(21)08472-8 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 80 (4) ◽

pp. 324-330 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

WIJA A. VAN STAVEREN ◽

JOSEPH G.A.J. HAUTVAST ◽

MARTIJN B. KATAN ◽

MARTIN A.J. VAN MONTFORT ◽

HANNIE G.C. VAN OOSTEN-VAN DER GOES

Keyword(s):

Dietary Fiber ◽

Dutch Population ◽

Methodological Study ◽

Fiber Consumption

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Patterns of Dietary Fiber Consumption in Humans to 1992

CRC Handbook of Dietary Fiber in Human Nutrition, Third Edition ◽

10.1201/9781420038514.ch7.2 ◽

2001 ◽

pp. 567-581

Author(s):

Sheila Bingham

Keyword(s):

Dietary Fiber ◽

Fiber Consumption

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Abstract P196: Insomnia Symptoms And Ideal Cardiovascular Health In Older Women: Data From The Women’S Health Study

Circulation ◽

10.1161/circ.143.suppl_1.p196 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 143 (Suppl_1) ◽

Author(s):

Cameron Hicks ◽

Jonathan Butler ◽

Natalie B Slopen ◽

David Williams ◽

Dayna A Johnson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Women’S Health ◽

Women's Health ◽

Older Women ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

Cardiovascular Health ◽

Health Study ◽

Lower Odds ◽

Ideal Cardiovascular Health ◽

The Relationship ◽

Insomnia Symptoms

Introduction: While insomnia is associated with an increased risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), its relationship with ideal cardiovascular health (ICH) is less certain. Given that sleep disturbances increase with age, we examined the relationship between insomnia symptoms and ICH in older women. Methods: Among women participating in the ongoing Women’s Health Study stress cohort with no apparent history of CVD [N= 2588; Mean age= 72.5 ± 6.3], insomnia symptoms were characterized as self-reported difficulty falling asleep or waking up multiple times a night, three or more times per week. Ideal cardiovascular health, as defined by the American Heart Association’s 2020 Impact goals, included standard optimal targets for blood pressure, total cholesterol, glucose, body mass index, physical activity, diet, and smoking. We examined the relationship between insomnia symptoms and ICH using logistic regression, adjusting for clinical and demographic variables. Results: Of the 26588 participants, 52% reported insomnia symptoms, and 38% had ICH. Women with insomnia symptoms had significantly lower odds of ICH after full adjustment for age, race/ethnicity, education, income, depression/anxiety, marital status, and sleep duration (OR [95% CI]: 0.73 [0.64-0.83]). Moreover, compared to women without insomnia symptoms, those with insomnia symptoms were significantly more likely to have hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, depression, anxiety, currently smoke, drink one or more alcoholic beverages per day, have a BMI >30, or exercise less frequently. Conclusion: In older women, insomnia symptoms were significantly associated with lower odds of ideal cardiovascular health even after adjusting for socioeconomic status, psychosocial factors, and sleep duration. These results suggest insomnia screening may be an important component of cardiovascular health promotion in this patient population. Further research is needed to evaluate the effects of sleep behavioral interventions on improving ICH.

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Is Drinking Alcohol Really Linked to Cardiovascular Health? Evidence from the Kardiovize 2030 Project

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu12092848 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 2848

Author(s):

Andrea Maugeri ◽

Ota Hlinomaz ◽

Antonella Agodi ◽

Martina Barchitta ◽

Sarka Kunzova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Pressure ◽

Alcohol Consumption ◽

Cardiovascular Health ◽

Fasting Glucose ◽

Smoking Status ◽

Activity Level ◽

Drinking Patterns ◽

Drinking Alcohol ◽

Cvd Risk ◽

The Relationship

Existing data have described benefits and drawbacks of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular diseases (CVD), but no research has evaluated its association with the cardiovascular health (CVH) score proposed by the American Heart Association. Here, we conducted a cross-sectional analysis on the Kardiovize cohort (Brno, Czech Republic), to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and CVH. We included 1773 subjects (aged 25–64 years; 44.2% men) with no history of CVD. We compared CVD risk factors, CVH metrics (i.e., BMI, healthy diet, physical activity level, smoking status, blood pressure, fasting glucose, and total cholesterol) and CVH score between and within several drinking categories. We found that the relationship between drinking habits and CVH was related to the amount of alcohol consumed, drinking patterns, and beverage choices. Heavy drinkers were more likely to smoke tobacco, and to report diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol at higher level than non-drinkers. Among drinkers, however, people who exclusively drank wine exhibited better CVH than those who exclusively drank beer. Although our findings supported the hypothesis that drinking alcohol was related to the CVH in general, further prospective research is needed to understand whether the assessment of CVH should incorporate information on alcohol consumption.

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