Blood pressure regulation and vegetarian diets

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Berkow, Susan E ^a   Barnard, Neal D ^a  

^a Phys's Comm for Responsible Med   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Diet; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FAT INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MACROBIOTIC DIET; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; FRUIT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SODIUM, DIETARY; VEGETABLES;

EID: 12144277027     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.janr.1-8     Document Type: Review

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