Dietary carbohydrate, glucose regulation, and cognitive performance in elderly persons

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 61, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages

  Greenwood, Carol E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Cognitive performance; Glucose

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; INSULIN;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PERFORMANCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; AGING; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COGNITION; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN;

EID: 0037926358     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2003.may.s68-s74     Document Type: Conference Paper

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