Consumption of cereal fiber, mixtures of whole grains and bran, and whole grains and risk reduction in type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 594-619

  Cho, Susan S ^a   Qi, Lu ^b   Fahey, George C ^c   Klurfeld, David M ^d  

^a Nutrasource   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; FLAVONOID; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; PYRIDOXINE; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FIBER; GRAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDLINE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84881245882     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.067629     Document Type: Article

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