Plasma micronutrient status is improved after a 3-month dietary intervention with 5 daily portions of fruits and vegetables: Implications for optimal antioxidant levels

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Polidori, Maria Cristina ^a   Carrillo, Juan Carlos ^a   Verde, Pablo E ^a   Sies, Helmut ^a   Siegrist, Johannes ^a   Stahl, Wilhelm ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; LYCOPENE; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ALPHA-CAROTENE; CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMA; VEGETABLE; ADULT; BLOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 60849086762     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-8-10     Document Type: Article

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