The case for not restricting saturated fat on a low carbohydrate diet

Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Volek, Jeff S ^a   Forsythe, Cassandra E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; LOW FAT DIET; NOTE;

EID: 24944543484     PISSN: 17437075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-7075-2-21     Document Type: Note

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