Green Tea and Vitamin E Enhance Exercise-Induced Benefits in Body Composition, Glucose Homeostasis, and Antioxidant Status in Elderly Men and Women

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-40

  Narotzki, Baruch ^a   Reznick, Abraham Z ^a   Navot Mintzer, Dalya ^b,c   Dagan, Bracha ^b,c   Levy, Yishai ^a,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d Department of Medicine D Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

antioxidants; body composition; dietary intake; elderly; exercise; glucose metabolism; green tea; nutrition; oxidative stress; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATALASE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT; TEA; VITAMIN;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN METABOLISM; MALE; MERCURY SPHYGMOMANOMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; CALORIC INTAKE; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ERYTHROCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REFERENCE VALUE; TEA; WALKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT;

AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CATALASE; ENERGY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTES; FASTING; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PEROXIDASE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REFERENCE VALUES; TEA; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84893375632     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2013.767661     Document Type: Article

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