Atkins and the new diet revolution: Is it really time for regimen change?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 526-527

  Riley, Malcolm D ^a   Coveney, John ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; MINERAL; SUGAR; VITAMIN;

BONE DISEASE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; EDITORIAL; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HALITOSIS; HEADACHE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUNGER; KETOACIDOSIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW FAT DIET; MUSCLE CRAMP; OBESITY; PROTEIN DIET; RASH; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 9144271104     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06434.x     Document Type: Editorial

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