A Proposal for a New National Diet: A Low-Glycemic Load Diet with a Unique Macronutrient Composition

Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-208

  Bell, Stacey J ^a   Sears, Barry ^a  

^a Sears Labs   (United States)

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EID: 84994345935     PISSN: 15404196     EISSN: 15578518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/154041903322716679     Document Type: Article

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