The role of the dietitian in reducing cardiovascular risk: an evidence-based approach / Seafood and myocardial infarction in China / Low occurrence of CHD in sub-Saharan African populations / Dietary prevention of CHD: insights into the Mediterranean diet / Effects of nutritional education on cardiovascular risk factors / Micronutrients and cardiovascular disease / Leptin and blood pressure / Retinol, beta-carotene, and alpha-tocopherol in heart disease / Folate, homocysteine, and heart disease / Flavonoids extracted and in foods: role in hypertension prevention and treatment / High-carbohydrate diets and lipid metabolism / Vasculoprotective effects of olive oil: epidemiological background and direct vascular antiatherogenic properties / Cardiovascular effects of dietary soy / Malnutrition and the heart: a pediatric perspective / Plant sterols and stanols, lipoprotein metabolism, and cardiovascular disease / Non-nutirent food factors and cardiovascular diseases / Age-related cardiac dysfuction / Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and heart failure