Excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue accumulation, often termed visceral obesity, is part of
a phenotype including dysfunctional subcutaneous adipose tissue expansion and ectopic …

The prevalence of obesity has progressively increased globally over the last 30 years. The
determinants of this pandemic are many, poorly defined and priorities debated. While public …

Background: The objective of this open-label pilot study was to investigate the efficacy of a
very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (VLCKD), known as Nic's Ketogenic Diet, for 140 days …

Milk and milk products are nutritious food items containing numerous essential nutrients, but
in the western societies the consumption of milk has decreased partly due to claimed …

Laboratory measurements of plasma lipids (principally cholesterol and triglycerides) and
lipoprotein lipids (principally low-density lipoprotein [LDL] and high-density lipoprotein [HDL] …

The importance of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the development of
atherosclerosis has long been recognized, and LDL cholesterol remains the primary target …

The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel guidelines have
established low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) treatment goals, and secondary non …

Insulin resistance is defined as a clinical state in which a normal or elevated insulin level
produces an attenuated biologic response. Specifically, the biologic response most studied …

A predominance of small, dense low-density lipoproteins (LDL) has been accepted as an
emerging cardiovascular risk factor by the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult …

Atherosclerosis is the root cause of the biggest killer of the 21st century. Mechanisms
contributing to atherogenesis are multiple and complex. A number of theories—including the …