The fifty year rehabilitation of the egg

Nutrients

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 8716-8722

  McNamara, Donald J ^a  

^a Eggs for Health Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline; Dietary cholesterol; Eggs; Lipoproteins; Plasma cholesterol; Xanthophylls

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; EGG PROTEIN; XANTHOPHYLL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; EGG; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NUTRIENT; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; SATIETY; UNITED STATES; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET; EGGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84945126302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu7105429     Document Type: Review

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