Nutrition Reviews

Kritchevsky, David

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05419.xpmid: 3288909

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05420.xpmid: 3288910

Two new functional tests of potential value in the clinical assessment of vitamin E status in humans are available.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05421.xpmid: 3288911

Pairing a sweet taste with another flavor can increase or decrease preference for that flavor, depending on the method of pairing.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05422.xpmid: 3288912

Selected hypertensive humans on a low‐sodium diet supplemented with sodium chloride developed hypertension, but an equimolar amount of sodium as citrate did not elevate their blood pressures.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05423.xpmid: 3380360

Keys, Ancel; Anderson, Joseph T.; Grande, Francisco

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05424.xpmid: 3288913

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05425.xpmid: 3380361

Fish oils, partially hydrogenated or not, increase fatty acid oxidation in the liver, but only those with polyunsaturated fatty acids of the n‐3 type are strongly hypotriglyceridemic.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05426.xpmid: 3380362

The testicular degeneraron produced by vitamin E deficieney does not result from impaired function of gonadotropin or testosterone.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05427.xpmid: 2967929

The selenocysteine moiety in glutathione peroxidase is specified by the termination codon UGA in glutathione peroxidase mRNA.

doi: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1988.tb05428.xpmid: 3380363

The lipid antioxidant activity in plasma of normal, vitamin E‐supplemented and vitamin E‐deficient human subjects is almost entirely due to α‐tocopherol. A large water‐soluble antioxidant activity also exists.