Nutritional composition of mare's milk and its preventive and therapeutic effects on cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular diseases(CVD)are a collective term for heart and blood vessel diseases,pri-marily including coronary heart disease,cerebrovascular diseases,peripheral artery diseases,congenital heart diseases,deep venous thrombosis,and pulmonary embolism.According to relevant reports,the number of CVD patients in China has reached 330 million,ranking first among the causes of death among Chinese resi-dents.The impact of dairy products on cardiovascular and metabolic health has become one of the research hotspots in recent years.Appropriate dairy intake can improve CVD by regulating angiotensin-converting en-zyme,osteocalcin,intestinal microbiota,and other pathways.Mare's milk,as one of the high-quality dairy products,is rich in various nutrients such as protein,fat,amino acids,and polyunsaturated fatty acids.It exhib-its good preventive and therapeutic effects on CVD such as hypertension,atherosclerosis,ischemic stroke,and hyperlipidemia.This article reviews the nutritional composition of mare's milk and its effects and mechanisms in preventing and treating CVD,aiming to provide a basis for the utilization of mare's milk and nutritional support for CVD.
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