Effect of levan supplement in orange juice on weight, gastrointestinal symptoms and metabolic profile of healthy subjects: Results of an 8-week clinical trial

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 638-647

  Niv, Eva ^a   Shapira, Yami ^a   Akiva, Ira ^a   Rokhkind, Evgenia ^a   Naor, Etty ^a   Arbiv, Mira ^a   Vaisman, Nachum ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary fibers; Fructans; Levan; Orange juice

Indexed keywords

LEVAN; SODIUM;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSPEPSIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; ORANGE JUICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84864360872     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4070638     Document Type: Article

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