The central role of dietary fat, not carbohydrate, in the insulin resistance syndrome

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Purnell, Jonathan Q ^a   Brunzell, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; INSULIN; LIPID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LOW FAT DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030964387     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-199702000-00005     Document Type: Review

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