The garden of Eden: Plant-based diets, the genetic drive to store fat and conserve cholesterol, and implications for epidemiology in the 21st century

Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 128-130

  Jenkins, David J A ^a,b,c   Kendall, Cyril W C ^a,b,d,e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALMOND; BARLEY; CEREAL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAIN; HAZELNUT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; LEGUME; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OAT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARVATION; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY FATS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVOLUTION; FORECASTING; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 33646757528     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000199527.67506.1e     Document Type: Note

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