Food synergy: An operational concept for understanding nutrition

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Jacobs Jr , David R ^a,b   Gross, Myron D ^c   Tapsell, Linda C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CAFFEIC ACID; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; COUMARIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERULIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COFFEE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAT INTAKE; FLOUR; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SYNERGY; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BABY FOOD; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; FRUIT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD, FORTIFIED; FRUIT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT FOOD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 65549168316     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.26736B     Document Type: Conference Paper

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