Vegetarian diets and gut microbiota: Important shifts in markers of metabolism and cardiovascular disease

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 444-454

  do Rosario, Vinicius A ^a   Fernandes, Ricardo ^a   de Trindade, Erasmo B S M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Gut microbiota; Intestinal microbiota; Plant based; Vegetarian

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; POLYPHENOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; NEDOCROMIL;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MACRONUTRIENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLOME; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; LIPIDS; METABOLOME; NEDOCROMIL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84978974478     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 17534887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuw012     Document Type: Article

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