Dark chocolate and reduced snack consumption in mildly hypertensive adults: An intervention study

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Koli, Raika ^a   Köhler, Klaus ^a   Tonteri, Elina ^a   Peltonen, Juha ^a   Tikkanen, Heikki ^a,b   Fogelholm, Mikael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CANDY; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET; DIET THERAPY; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CANDY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SNACKS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84939611009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-015-0075-3     Document Type: Article

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