An isoenergetic very low carbohydrate diet improves serum HDL cholesterol and triacylglycerol concentrations, the total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol ratio and postprandial lipemic responses compared with a low fat diet in normal weight, normolipidemic women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2756-2761

  Volek, Jeff S ^a   Sharman, Matthew J ^a   Gómez, Ana L ^a   Scheett, Timothy P ^b   Kraemer, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Ketogenic diets; LDL subclasses; Postprandial lipemia; Women

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW FAT DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE;

EID: 0042419903     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.9.2756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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