Nut consumption for vascular health and cognitive function

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-158

  Barbour, Jayne A ^a   Howe, Peter R C ^b   Buckley, Jonathan D ^a   Bryan, Janet ^a   Coates, Alison M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Endothelial function; Inflammation; Nuts; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTHOCYANIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; FLAVONOID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 7; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN; RESVERATROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIAL VASODILATOR FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUT; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT GAIN; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAZIL NUT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CASHEW NUT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HAZELNUT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MACADAMIA; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PEANUT; PISTACHIO; STUDY; WALNUT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; DIET; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NUTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84903880126     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422414000079     Document Type: Review

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