Nuts and dried fruits: An update of their beneficial effects on type 2 diabetes

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Hernández Alonso, Pablo ^a,b   Camacho Barcia, Lucía ^a,b   Bulló, Mònica ^a,b   Salas Salvadó, Jordi ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI SANT JOAN DE REUS   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Diabetes; Dried fruits; Insulin resistance; Mechanisms; Nuts

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; INSULIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

BONE MINERAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRIED FRUIT; FAT CONTENT; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN METABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INSULINEMIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NUT; PLANT PRODUCT; REVIEW; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE MODEL; FAT INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; HUMANS; INSULIN; METABOLIC SYNDROME; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85021666153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9070673     Document Type: Review

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