Diet-dependent net endogenous acid load of vegan diets in relation to food groups and bone health-related nutrients: Results from the German Vegan Study

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 59, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 117-126

  Ströhle, Alexander ^a   Waldmann, Annika ^b   Koschizke, Jochen ^a   Leitzmann, Claus ^c   Hahn, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid load; Bone health; Estimated diet dependent net acid load; Renal acid load; Vegan diets

Indexed keywords

ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE; DIET; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NET ENDOGENOUS ACID PRODUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHORUS, DIETARY; POTASSIUM, DIETARY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SODIUM, DIETARY; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655188057     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331572     Document Type: Article

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