RETRACTED: The Impact of Spices on Vegetable Consumption: A Pilot Study

Zhaoping Li¹, Michael Krak¹, Alona Zerlin¹, Lena K. Brahe^1,2, Alexis Rheinwald-Jones¹, Gail Thames¹, Yanjun Zhang¹, Chi-Hong Tseng³, David Heber¹

¹Center for Human Nutrition, Los Angeles, USA.
²Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
³Department of Medicine Statistical Core, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

DOI: 10.4236/fns.2015.67070                

Abstract

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Keywords

Spice, Vegetable Intake, Universal Eating Monitor

Conflicts of Interest

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