Effects of plant-based diets high in raw or roasted almonds, or roasted almond butter on serum lipoproteins in humans

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Spiller, Gene A ^a   Miller, Anna ^a   Olivera, Karla ^a   Reynolds, Julie ^a   Miller, Beverly ^a   Morse, Stanley J ^a   Dewell, Antonella ^a   Farquhar, John W ^b  

^a Sphera Foundation   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Almond butter; Nuts; Raw almonds; Roasted almonds; Serum cholesterol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CARBOHYDRATE; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; SODIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALMOND; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BUTTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HEAT; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRUNUS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 0038454858     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2003.10719293     Document Type: Article

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