Almond "appetizer" effect on glucose tolerance test (GTT) results

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 759-766

  Crouch, Michael A ^a   Slater, Robert T ^a  

^a Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under curve; Blood glucose; Eating; Energy intake; Fasting; Food habits; Glucose intolerance; Glucose tolerance test; Hyperglycemia; Prediabetic state; Prunus dulcis; Self care

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ALMOND; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRY ROASTED ALMOND; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LOW CALORY DIET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPERGLYCEMIA; NUT; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET THERAPY; FASTING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; PREDIABETIC STATE; PRUNUS DULCIS; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84995596450     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160128     Document Type: Article

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