Effects of low-carbohydrate diet on vascular health: More than just weight loss

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Phillips, Shane A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; EXERCISE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ZUCKER RAT;

ANIMALS; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34250885671     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00188.2007     Document Type: Editorial

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