Low-carbohydrate diets impair flow-mediated dilatation: evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Lukas Schwingshackl1, Georg Hoffmann
1Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstreet 14 UZA II, A-1090 Vienna, Austria, lukas.schwingshackl@univie.ac.at.
The British Journal of Nutrition
|July 9, 2013
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