Long-term consumption of a carbohydrate-restricted diet does not induce deleterious metabolic effects

Nutrition Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 825-833

  Grieb, Paweł ^a   Kłapcińska, Barbara ^b   Smol, Ewelina ^b   Pilis, Tomasz ^c   Pilis, Wiesław ^c   Sadowska Krepa, Ewa ^b   Sobczak, Andrzej ^d   Bartoszewicz, Zbigniew ^e   Nauman, Janusz ^a   Stańczak, Kinga ^a   Langfort, Józef ^a,b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate restricted; Cardiovascular diseases; Diet; Humans; Insulin resistance

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; GLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID DIET; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; STARVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BUTTER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEESE; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; EGGS; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59349102336     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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