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Effect of a 6-month vegan low-carbohydrate (‘Eco-Atkins’) diet on cardiovascular risk factors and body weight in hyperlipidaemic adults: a randomised controlled trial

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  • David J A Jenkins Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaLi Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Julia M W Wong Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaThe New Balance Foundation Obesity Prevention Center, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Cyril W C Kendall Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Amin Esfahani Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNew York Medical College, School of Medicine, Valhalla, New York, USA. PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Vivian W Y Ng Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
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  • Dorothea A Faulkner Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
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  • William Singer Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaClinical Nutrition & Risk Factor Modification Center, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr David J A Jenkins; cyril.kendall{at}utoronto.ca
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Jenkins DJA, Wong JMW, Kendall CWC, et al
Effect of a 6-month vegan low-carbohydrate (‘Eco-Atkins’) diet on cardiovascular risk factors and body weight in hyperlipidaemic adults: a randomised controlled trial
BMJ Open 2014;4:e003505. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003505

Publication history

  • Received July 16, 2013
  • Revised December 17, 2013
  • Accepted December 19, 2013
  • First published February 5, 2014.
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February 05, 2014
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