Dietary protein is beneficial to bone health under conditions of adequate calcium intake: An update on clinical research

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-74

  Mangano, Kelsey M ^a,b   Sahni, Shivani ^a,b   Kerstetter, Jane E ^c  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone health; Calcium intake; Dietary protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C;

BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MUSCLE MASS; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW;

BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY PROTEINS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890934048     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0000000000000013     Document Type: Review

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