Do high carbohydrate diets prevent the development or attenuate the manifestations (or both) of syndrome X? A viewpoint strongly against

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-27

  Reaven, Gerald M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Shaman Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIETARY INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; LOW FAT DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SYNDROME X; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030933761     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199702000-00006     Document Type: Review

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