Effect of a Ketogenic Diet, Time-Restricted Eating or Alternate-Day Fasting on changes in ambulatory blood pressure.

Ana María Gómez-Pérez1,2, Borja Bandera-Merchán1,2,3, José Ignacio Martínez-Montoro1,2

  • 1Department of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Virgen de la Victoria University Hospital, The Biomedical Research Institute of Malaga and Platform in Nanomedicine (IBIMA-BIONAND Platform), University of Malaga, 29016 Malaga, Spain.

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