Food synergy: The key to a healthy diet

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 200-206

  Jacobs, David R ^a   Tapsell, Linda C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet pattern; Food; Research design

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NICOTINIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; THIAMINE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PELLAGRA; RICKETS; SCURVY;

DIET; FOOD; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84876118791     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665112003011     Document Type: Article

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