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MARHUENDA-MUÑOZ , María

Last name: MARHUENDA-MUÑOZ

First name: María

November 24, 2022 (v1)

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Fruit and vegetable consumption is inversely associated with plasma saturated fatty acids at baseline in PREDIMED plus trial

Domínguez-López, Inés Marhuenda-Muñoz, María Tresserra-Rimbau, Anna

Scope: Plasma fatty acids (FAs) are associated with the development of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic syndrome. The aim of our study is to assess the relationship between fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption and plasma FAs and their subtypes. Methods and Results: Plasma FAs are assessed in a cross-sectional analysis of a subsample of...

Uploaded on: December 4, 2022
October 11, 2022 (v1)

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High fruit and vegetable consumption and moderate fat intake are associated with higher carotenoid concentration in human plasma

Marhuenda-Muñoz, María de Alvarenga, José Fernando Rinaldi Hernáez, Álvaro

Carotenoids are pigments contained mainly in fruit and vegetables (F&V) that have bene ficial effects on cardiometabolic health. Due to their lipophilic nature, co-ingestion of fat appears to increase their bioavailability via facilitating transfer to the aqueous micellar phase during diges tion. However, the extent to which high fat intake may...

Uploaded on: March 24, 2023