High-protein, reduced-carbohydrate weight-loss diets promote metabolite profiles likely to be detrimental to colonic health

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CarbohydrateFood scienceButyrateWeight lossShort-chain fatty acidMetaboliteChemistryBiochemistryBiologyEndocrinologyObesityFermentation

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Year: 2011
Type: article
Volume: 93
Issue: 5
Pages: 1062-1072
Citations: 728
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                                    Wendy R. Russell, 
                                
                                    Silvia W. Gratz, 
                                
                                    Sylvia H. Duncan
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2011). 
                            High-protein, reduced-carbohydrate weight-loss diets promote metabolite profiles likely to be detrimental to colonic health. 
                            American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
                            , 93
                            (5)
                            , 1062-1072.
                            https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.110.002188
                        

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DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.002188