Betaine supplementation decreases plasma homocysteine concentrations but does not affect body weight, body composition, or resting energy expenditure in human subjects

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 961-967

  Schwab, Ursula ^a   Törrönen, Anneli ^b   Toppinen, Leena ^a   Alfthan, Georg ^c   Saarinen, Markku ^b   Aro, Antti ^c   Uusitupa, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Danisco Finland Oy   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betaine; Blood pressure; Body composition; Body weight; Cholesterol; Energy expenditure; Folate; Homocysteine; Humans; Lipids; Liver enzymes; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETAINE; CHOLESTEROL; FOLIC ACID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LIVER ENZYME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OBESITY; ORANGE JUICE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0036829164     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.5.961     Document Type: Article

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