Evolutionary legacy: Form of ingestion, not quantity, is the key factor in producing the effects of sugar on human health

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 933-938

  Baschetti, M D Riccardo ^a  

^a Italian State Railways   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DILUTION; FUTUROLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INGESTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID; STOMACH EMPTYING; SUGAR INTAKE;

EID: 7044231128     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.07.018     Document Type: Article

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