A walnut-enriched diet reduces lipids in healthy caucasian subjects, independent of recommended macronutrient replacement and time point of consumption: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Bamberger, Charlotte ^a   Rossmeier, Andreas ^a   Lechner, Katharina ^a   Wu, Liya ^a   Waldmann, Elisa ^a   Stark, Renée G ^b   Altenhofer, Julia ^a   Henze, Kerstin ^a   Parhofer, Klaus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; Fat; Lipids; Macronutrient replacement; n 3 PUFA; Nuts; Walnuts

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WALNUT; AGED; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; FAST FOOD; GERMANY; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MEAL; NUT; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DOWN-REGULATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; JUGLANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MEALS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SNACKS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85031303539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9101097     Document Type: Article

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