Carbohydrates and the diet-atherosclerosis connection-More between earth and heaven. Comment on the article "The atherogenic potential of dietary carbohydrate"

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-84

  Ströhle, Alexander ^a   Wolters, Maike ^a   Hahn, Andreas ^a  

^a Department of Food Science   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET; ETHNOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; EVOLUTION; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE STYLE; LIPIDS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846038789     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.08.014     Document Type: Letter

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