Non-pharmacological control of plasma cholesterol levels

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Poli, Andrea ^a   Marangoni, Franca ^a   Paoletti, Rodolfo ^a   Mannarino, Elmo ^b   Lupattelli, Graziana ^b   Notarbartolo, Alberto ^b   Aureli, Paolo ^c   Bernini, Franco ^d   Cicero, Arrigo ^d   Gaddi, Antonio ^d   Catapano, Alberico ^e   Cricelli, Claudio ^f   Gattone, Marinella ^g   Marrocco, Walter ^h   Porrini, Marisa ⁱ   Stella, Roberto ^j   Vanotti, Alfredo ^k   Volpe, Massimo ^l   Volpe, Roberto ^m   Cannella, Carlo ⁿ   Pinto, Alessandro ⁿ   Del Toma, Eugenio ^o   La Vecchia, Carlo ^p   Tavani, Alessandra ^p   Manzato, Enzo ^p   Riccardi, Gabriele ^q   Sirtori, Cesare ^p   Zambon, Alberto ^a   more..

^a Nutrition Foundation of Italy   (Italy)

^b Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis (SISA)   (Italy)

^c National Italian Institute of Health (ISS)   (Italy)

^d Study Group for Dismetabolic Diseases and Atherosclerosis

^e Italian Society for Clinical and Experimental Therapy (SITeCS)   (Italy)

^f Italian Society of General Medicine (SIMG)   (Italy)

^g ANMCO RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^h Italian Federation of General Medicine Doctors (FIMMG)   (Italy)

ⁱ Italian Society of Human Nutrition (SINU)   (Italy)

^j National Society of Medical Education (SNAMID)   (Italy)

^k Italian Association of Dietetics (ADI)   (Italy)

^l Italian Society for Cardiovascular Prevention (SIPREC)   (Italy)

^m CNR   (Italy)

ⁿ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^o Mario Negri Pharmacological Research Institute ^*

^p UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^q University Parthenope'   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Dietary intervention; HDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANS FATTY ACID;

BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYTOSTEROLS; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; TRANS FATTY ACIDS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 39649115407     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2007.10.004     Document Type: Review

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