Cardioprotective effects of chocolate and almond consumption in healthy women

Nutrition Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Kurlandsky, Sara B ^a   Stote, Kim S ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion molecules; Almonds; Chocolate; Human intervention; Serum lipids

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ALMOND; ARTICLE; CACAO; CELL ADHESION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 33749599185     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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