Hypocaloric diet supplemented with probiotic cheese improves body mass index and blood pressure indices of obese hypertensive patients - a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled pilot study

[1] Alberti KG(2009)Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity Circulation 120 1640-1645

[2] Eckel RH(2008)Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in patients at metabolic risk: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93 3671-3689

[3] Grundy SM(2006)Dairy products and health: a review of the epidemiological evidence Br J Nutr 96 S94-S99

[4] Zimmet PZ(2012)A spread containing bioactive milk peptides Ile-Pro-Pro and Val-Pro-Pro, and plant sterols has antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering effects Food Funct 3 621-627

[5] Cleeman JI(2009)Inverse association between dairy intake and hypertension: the Rotterdam Study Am J Clin Nutr 89 1877-1883

[6] Donato KA(2003)Potential uses of probiotics in clinical practice Clin Microbiol Rev 16 658-672

[7] Fruchart JC(2010)Probiotics – a viable therapeutic alternative for enteric infections especially in the developing world Discov Med 10 119-124

[8] James WP(2009)Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3 - an antimicrobial and antioxidative probiotic Microb Ecol Health Dis 21 1-27

[9] Loria CM(2012)Selection of potential probiotic lactobacilli for cholesterol-lowering properties and their effect on cholesterol metabolism in rats fed a high-lipid diet J Dairy Sci 95 1645-1654

[10] Smith SC(2011)[Consumption of the probiotic Lactobacillus planctarum CECT 7315/7316 improves general health in the elderly subjects] Nutr Hosp 26 642-645

[1] Alberti KG(2009)Harmonizing the metabolic syndrome: a joint interim statement of the International Diabetes Federation Task Force on Epidemiology and Prevention; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; World Heart Federation; International Atherosclerosis Society; and International Association for the Study of Obesity Circulation 120 1640-1645

[2] Eckel RH(2008)Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in patients at metabolic risk: an endocrine society clinical practice guideline J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93 3671-3689

[3] Grundy SM(2006)Dairy products and health: a review of the epidemiological evidence Br J Nutr 96 S94-S99

[4] Zimmet PZ(2012)A spread containing bioactive milk peptides Ile-Pro-Pro and Val-Pro-Pro, and plant sterols has antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering effects Food Funct 3 621-627

[5] Cleeman JI(2009)Inverse association between dairy intake and hypertension: the Rotterdam Study Am J Clin Nutr 89 1877-1883

[6] Donato KA(2003)Potential uses of probiotics in clinical practice Clin Microbiol Rev 16 658-672

[7] Fruchart JC(2010)Probiotics – a viable therapeutic alternative for enteric infections especially in the developing world Discov Med 10 119-124

[8] James WP(2009)Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3 - an antimicrobial and antioxidative probiotic Microb Ecol Health Dis 21 1-27

[9] Loria CM(2012)Selection of potential probiotic lactobacilli for cholesterol-lowering properties and their effect on cholesterol metabolism in rats fed a high-lipid diet J Dairy Sci 95 1645-1654

[10] Smith SC(2011)[Consumption of the probiotic Lactobacillus planctarum CECT 7315/7316 improves general health in the elderly subjects] Nutr Hosp 26 642-645