Nutrition attributes and health effects of pistachio nuts

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S79-S93

  Bullo M ^a,b   Juanola Falgarona, M ^a,b   Hernandez Alonso P ^a   Salas Salvado J ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Blood glucose; Body weight; CVD; Insulin resistance; Pistachios; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; COPPER; FAT; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; PHENOL; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN K GROUP; XANTHOPHYLL; ANTIOXIDANT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FAT CONTENT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRIENT; OBESITY; PISTACHIO; PLANT FIBER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SATIETY; STORAGE; WEIGHT CONTROL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HYPERPHAGIA; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PISTACIA; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

PISTACIA VERA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; HYPERPHAGIA; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; NUTS; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PISTACIA; RISK FACTORS; SATIETY RESPONSE;

EID: 84933684006     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003250     Document Type: Article

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