Calcium, nutrient and food intake of Greek Orthodox Christian monks during a fasting and non-fasting week

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1022-1029

  Papadaki, Angeliki ^a   Vardavas, Constantine ^a   Hatzis, Christos ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fasting; Greek Orthodox; Mediterranean diet

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INULIN; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DAIRY PRODUCT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY FIBER; EGG; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GREECE; HUMAN; LEGUME; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEAT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MINERAL INTAKE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RITUAL; SEA FOOD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET RECORDS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; EASTERN ORTHODOXY; ENERGY INTAKE; FASTING; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY;

EID: 51049122816     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001498     Document Type: Article

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