Effects of diets high in walnuts and flax oil on hemodynamic responses to stress and vascular endothelial function

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-603

  West, Sheila G ^a   Krick, Andrea Likos ^a   Klein, Laura Cousino ^a   Zhao, Guixiang ^a   Wojtowicz, Todd F ^a   McGuiness, Matthew ^a   Wagner, Paul ^a   Ceballos, Rachel M ^a   Holub, Bruce J ^b   Kris Etherton, Penny M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha linolenic acid; Blood pressure; Endothelial function; Flax; Omega 3 fatty acids; Psychological stress; Total peripheral resistance; Walnuts

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

ACUTE STRESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET THERAPY; FAT INTAKE; FLAX; FLOW MEDIATED DILATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SPEECH; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; WALNUT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NUT; RISK FACTOR;

ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; ENDOTHELIN-1; FLAX; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; JUGLANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; PLANT OILS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 80054056955     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2010.10719898     Document Type: Article

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