Characterization of Khorasan wheat (Kamut) and impact of a replacement diet on cardiovascular risk factors: Cross-over dietary intervention study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-195

  Sofi, F ^a,b,c   Whittaker, A ^b   Cesari, F ^b   Gori, A M ^b   Fiorillo, C ^b   Becatti, M ^b   Marotti, I ^d   Dinelli, G ^d   Casini, A ^a,b   Abbate, R ^b   Gensini, G F ^b,c   Benedettelli, S ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; diet; grain; Kamut; risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1BETA; MAGNESIUM; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; POTASSIUM; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; KHORASAN WHEAT; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPLACEMENT DIET; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WHEAT;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84873418313     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2012.206     Document Type: Article

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