Daily consumption of a dark-roast coffee for eight weeks improved plasma oxidized LDL and alpha-tocopherol status: A randomized, controlled human intervention study

Scope: Coffee consumption is widely recognized to improve the antioxidant status. We hypothesized a dark-roast coffee to reduce plasma oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and to improve alpha-tocopherol concentrations. Methods and results: After a 4 week, coffee-free run-in period, 86 healthy, randomized volunteer...

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Main Authors: Christina M. Hochkogler, Kerstin Schweiger, Petra Rust, Marc Pignitter, Johanna Rathmayr, Sebastian Bayer, Christina Chmelirsch, Leonie Hüller, Doris Marko, Roman Lang, Thomas Hofmann, Andrea Christina Kurz, Gerhard Bytof, Ingo Lantz, Dorothea Schipp, Veronika Somoza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464619300714