Nuts and human health outcomes: A systematic review

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  De Souza, Rávila Graziany Machado ^a   Schincaglia, Raquel Machado ^a   Pimente, Gustavo Duarte ^a   Mota, João Felipe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body weight; Cancer; Health; Obesity; Tree nuts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; APOLIPOPROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CAROTENOID; FATTY ACID; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MALONALDEHYDE; MINERAL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; PLANT PROTEIN; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VITAMIN;

ALMOND; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL NUT; CASHEW NUT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIGESTION; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HAZELNUT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMEOSTASIS MODEL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MACADAMIA; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; META ANALYSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEANUT; PISTACHIO; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALNUT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FOOD ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; NUTS;

EID: 85037343299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9121311     Document Type: Review

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