Is there a new component of the Mediterranean diet that reduces inflammation?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 277-278

  Zeisel, Steven H ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLINE; FREE RADICAL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BODY MASS; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA DAMAGE; EDITORIAL; EGG; EXERCISE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROMOTER REGION; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 38949189339     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.2.277     Document Type: Editorial

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