Addition of guar gum and soy protein increases the efficacy of the American Heart Association (AHA) Step I cholesterol-lowering diet without reducing high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in non-human primates

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1429-1433

  Wilson, Thomas A ^a   Behr, Stephen R ^b   Nicolosi, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Average American Diet; Guar gum; Plasma cholesterol; Soy protein isolate; Standard Step I diet

Indexed keywords

GUAR GUM; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; GLYCINE MAX; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0031658042     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.9.1429     Document Type: Article

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