Low-carbohydrate diets: An update on current research

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 396-404

  Wylie Rosett, Judith ^a   Davis, Nichola J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; GALLSTONE FORMATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PROTEIN DIET; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; HUMANS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 70349742555     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-009-0061-2     Document Type: Review

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