Journal article
Effect of dietary pulse intake on established therapeutic lipid targets for cardiovascular risk reduction: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Evidence from controlled trials encourages the intake of dietary pulses (beans, chickpeas, lentils and peas) as a method of improving dyslipidemia, but heart health guidelines have stopped short of ascribing specific benefits to this type of intervention or have graded the beneficial evidence as low. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to assess the effect of dietary pulse intake …
Authors
Ha V; Sievenpiper JL; de Souza RJ; Jayalath VH; Mirrahimi A; Agarwal A; Chiavaroli L; Mejia SB; Sacks FM; Di Buono M
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 186, No. 8, pp. e252–e262
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
May 13, 2014
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.131727
ISSN
0820-3946