A High antioxidant spice blend attenuates postprandial insulin and triglyceride responses and increases some plasma measures of antioxidant activity in healthy, overweight men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1451-1457

  Skulas Ray, Ann C ^a   Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a   Teeter, Danette L ^a   Chen, C Y Oliver ^b   Heuvel, John P Vanden ^a   West, Sheila G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OXYGEN RADICAL; THIOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; HUMAN; INSULIN RESPONSE; MALE; MEAL; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPICE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SPICES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 79961115031     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.138966     Document Type: Article

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