The effect of the daily intake of inulin on fasting lipid, insulin and glucose concentrations in middle-aged men and women

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-30

  Jackson, Kim G ^a   Taylor, Gary R J ^a   Clohessy, Anna M ^a   Williams, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fructans; Insulin; Inulin; Triacylglgcerol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INULIN; LIPID; RAFTILINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032767525     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114599001087     Document Type: Article

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