The "eco-atkins" diet: New twist on an old tale

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1027-

  Tuttle, Katherine R ^a   Milton, Joan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; FOOD COMPOSITION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MEAT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RISK REDUCTION; SATIETY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VEGETABLE PROTEINS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 67249116239     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.149     Document Type: Editorial

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