Nuts and CVD

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 113, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S111-S120

  Ros, Emilio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cholesterol; CVD; Mediterranean diet; Nuts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARGININE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MINERAL; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYPHENOL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ALMOND; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIET THERAPY; DIETARY FIBER; EATING HABIT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUT; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALNUT; WEIGHT GAIN; ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

CORYLUS; JUGLANS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; NUTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937042756     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514003924     Document Type: Review

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