Kefir consumption does not alter plasma lipid levels or cholesterol fractional synthesis rates relative to milk in hyperlipidemic men: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  St Onge, Marie Pierre ^a   Farnworth, Edward R ^b   Savard, Tony ^b   Chabot, Denise ^b   Mafu, Akier ^b   Jones, Peter J H ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; ISOVALERIC ACID; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROPIONIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 2942562244     PISSN: 14726882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-2-1     Document Type: Article

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