Veganism and its relationship with insulin resistance and intramyocellular lipid

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-298

  Goff, L M ^a,b   Bell, J D ^b   So, P W ^b   Dornhorst, A ^a   Frost, G S ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glycaemic index; Insulin resistance; Insulin sensitivity; Intramyocellular lipids; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Vegan

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STARCH; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FASTING; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 13944272308     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602076     Document Type: Article

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