Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-284

  Westman, Eric C ^a   Feinman, Richard D ^b   Mavropoulos, John C ^a   Vernon, Mary C ^c   Volek, Jeff S ^d   Wortman, James A ^e   Yancy, William S ^a,f   Phinney, Stephen D ^g  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c University of Connecticut ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^f DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucose; Insulin; Macronutrients; Metabolism; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANOREXIA; APPETITE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET RESTRICTION; EXERCISE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMAN; KETOGENESIS; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MACRONUTRIENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATION; REVIEW; SATIETY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34547858568     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.2.276     Document Type: Review

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