Milk and the metabolic syndrome

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Pfeuffer, M ^a   Schrezenmeir, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dairy; Metabolic syndrome; Milk

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BILE ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CITRIC ACID; FAT; FOLIC ACID; LACTOSE; MEDIUM CHAIN FATTY ACID; MINERAL; PEPTIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SPHINGOMYELIN;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MILK; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW; WEIGHT CONTROL; WHEY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MILK; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846934147     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00265.x     Document Type: Review

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