Nuts and their bioactive constituents: Effects on serum lipids and other factors that affect disease risk

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1999, Pages

  Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a   Yu Poth, Shaomei ^b   Sabaté, Joan ^b   Ratcliffe, Hope E ^b   Zhao, Guixiang ^b   Etherton, Terry D ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood cholesterol; Cardiovascular disease prevention; Copper; Coronary heart disease risk reduction; Dietary fat; Dietary fiber; LDL cholesterol; Magnesium; Monounsaturated fatty acids; Nuts; Phytochemicals; Plant foods; Plant sterols; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Predictive equations; Saturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOSTEROL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032856278     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.3.504s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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