Cheese and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: A Review of the Evidence and Discussion of Possible Mechanisms

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1389-1403

  Hjerpsted, Julie ^a   Tholstrup, Tine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

calcium; cholesterol; Dairy; fat; fermentation; protein

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARDIOLOGY; CHOLESTEROL; DAIRIES; FATTY ACIDS; FERMENTATION; OILS AND FATS; PROTEINS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CORRELATION STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATTY ACID COMPOSITION; INTERVENTION STUDIES; POSSIBLE MECHANISMS;

DISEASES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BIOMARKERS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEESE; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84975152280     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2013.769197     Document Type: Article

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