Evidence of health benefits of canola oil

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 370-385

  Lin, Lin ^a   Allemekinders, Hanja ^a   Dansby, Angela ^b   Campbell, Lisa ^c   Durance Tod, Shaunda ^c   Berger, Alvin ^d   Jones, Peter Jh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b US Canola Association   (United States)

^c Canola Council of Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canola oil; Cardiovascular disease; Human intervention studies; Rapeseed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CANOLA OIL; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLON CANCER; ENERGY METABOLISM; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 84878677993     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nure.12033     Document Type: Article

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