Coronary Artery Disease: Diet-Associated Viruses as Initiators

Coronary Artery Disease:Diet-Associated Viruses as Initiators Harold N. Mozar, Dileep G. Bal, Neal D. Kohatsu, and Alana J. Mozar Harold N. Mozar Chronic Disease Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, 714 P Street, Sacramento, California 95814. (Reprint requests) Dileep G. Bal Chronic Disease Control Branch, California Department of Health Services, 714 P Street, Sacramento, California 95814. (Reprint requests) Neal D. Kohatsu Epidemiology and Disease Prevention Section, California Department of Health Services Alana J. Mozar Division of Foods and Nutrition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah References 1. STEINBERG, D., PARTHASARATHY, S., CAREW, T. E., et al. Beyond cholesterol—modifications of low-density lipoprotein that increases its atherogenicity. N Engl. J. Med. 320:915-924, 1989. Google Scholar 2. KRITCHEVSKY, D. Nutrition and heart disease. Food Technol. 33:39-42, 1979. Google Scholar 3. KANNEL, W. B. The role of cholesterol in coronary atherosclerosis. Med. Clin. North America 58:363-379, 1974. Google Scholar 4. LEAF, A. Cardiovascular effects of n-3 fatty acids. N. Engl. J. Med. 319:581, 1988. Google Scholar 5. COTTRELL, R. C. Cholesterol lowering and the risk of coronary heart disease. Lancet 1:520, 1984. Google Scholar 6. KOLATA, G. Virus-heart link studied. Science 227:735, 1985. Google Scholar 7. MELNICK, J. L., ADAM, E., and DEBAKEY, M. E. Possible role of megalovirus in atherosclerosis. JAMA 263:2204-2207, 1990. Google Scholar 8. MOZAR, H. N., BAL, D. G., and FARAG, S. A. The natural history of atherosclerosis: An ecologic perspective. Atherosclerosis 82:157-164, 1990. Google Scholar 9. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Nutrition and Your Health: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, Washington, D.C.: Home and Garden Bull. No. 232, 2nd ed., 1988. Google Scholar 10. CRONEN, F. J., and SHAW, A. M. Summary of dietary recommendations for healthy Americans. Nutrition Today, November/December, 1988. 11. LEVENSTEIN, H. A. Revolution at the Table. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1988. Google Scholar 12. HARRIS, M. The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985. Google Scholar 13. RIZEK, R. L. Food supply studies and consumption survey statistics on fat in the United States diets. Cancer Res. 41:3729-3730, 1981. Google Scholar 14. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. Nutrition Monitoring in the United States: An Update Report on Nutrition Monitoring. Washington, D.C.: DHHS Pub. No. (PHS) 89-1255, 1989. Google Scholar 15. BUNCH, K. Whole milk is no longer the beverage of choice. National Food Review NFR-29. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1985. Google Scholar 16. BREWSTER, L., and JACOBSON, M. F. The Changing American Diet. Washington, D.C.: Center for Science in the Public Interest, 1978. Google Scholar 17. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. The Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988. Google Scholar 18. GORTNER, W. A. Nutrition in the United States, 1900 to 1974. Cancer Res. 35:3246-3253, 1975. Google Scholar 19. SIMS, L. S. Contributions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Am J. Clin. Nutr. 47:329-332, 1988. Google Scholar 20. COMMITTEE ON DIET AND HEALTH. Diet and Health: Implications for Reducing Chronic Disease Risk. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1989. Google Scholar 21. ANTAR, M. A., OHLSON, M. A., and HODGES R. E. Changes in retail food supplies in the United States in the last seventy years in relation to the incidence of coronary heart disease, with special reference to dietary carbohydrates and essential fatty acids. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 14:169-178, 1964. Google Scholar 22. CARROLL, K. K. Hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis: Effects of dietary protein. Fed. Proc. 41:2792-2796, 1982. Google Scholar 23. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. FAO Production Yearbook 1985. In World Book Encyclopedia 1988. Chicago: World Book, Inc., 1987. Google Scholar 24. Proceedings of the Conference on Decline in Coronary Heart Disease...