Health benefits of nut consumption

Nutrients

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 652-682

  Ros, Emilio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Diabetes; Fatty acids; Inflammation; Peanuts; Tree nuts

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TOCOPHEROL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALMOND; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BRAZIL NUT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASHEW NUT; CHILD HEALTH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAT CONTENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; GALLSTONE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACADAMIA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUT; NUT ALLERGY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OBESITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEANUT; PECAN; PHYTONUTRIENT; PINE; PISTACHIO; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN CONTENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WALNUT;

EID: 79952078286     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu2070652     Document Type: Review

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