TY - JOUR T1 - In women, increased dietary antioxidants are associated with reduced risk of developing heart failure JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101501 SP - ebnurs-2013-101501 AU - Pascal McKeown AU - Nicholas McKeag Y1 - 2013/10/29 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2013/10/29/eb-2013-101501.abstract N2 - Commentary on Rautiainen S, Levitan EB, Mittleman MA, et al. Total antioxidant capacity of diet and risk of heart failure: a population-based prospective cohort of women. Am J Med 2013;126:494–500.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed A diet rich in natural antioxidants may reduce the risk of developing heart failure. Well-designed intervention studies are needed to investigate the effect of a diet rich in antioxidants on heart failure incidence. Heart failure is a syndrome comprising symptoms such as breathlessness alongside objective evidence of cardiac dysfunction. This is a common condition with a considerable economic impact on health services.1 Nutritional intake and status appear to be important in heart failure. Non-intentional weight loss in the setting of heart failure (cardiac cachexia) is an independent predictor of … ER -