Monica Bullo

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Affiliation: Rovira i Virgili University
Country: Spain

Publications

  1. ncbi Total and undercarboxylated osteocalcin predict changes in insulin sensitivity and ? cell function in elderly men at high cardiovascular risk
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Am J Clin Nutr 95:249-55. 2012
  2. ncbi Dietary vitamin K intake is associated with bone quantitative ultrasound measurements but not with bone peripheral biochemical markers in elderly men and women
    M Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Bone 48:1313-8. 2011
  3. ncbi Effect of whole walnuts and walnut-skin extracts on oxidant status in mice
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Facultat de Medicinia i Ciències de la Salut, ISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Nutrition 26:823-8. 2010
  4. ncbi Mediterranean diet and high dietary acid load associated with mixed nuts: effect on bone metabolism in elderly subjects
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine of Reus, School of Medicine, Institut d Investigacions Sanitàries Pere i Virgili, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1789-98. 2009
  5. ncbi Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with the Mediterranean diet: results of the PREDIMED-Reus nutrition intervention randomized trial
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Departament de Bioquimica i Biotecnologia, Institut d Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Diabetes Care 34:14-9. 2011
  6. ncbi Effect of nut consumption on oxidative stress and the endothelial function in metabolic syndrome
    Patricia López-Uriarte
    Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Sant Llorenc 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
    Clin Nutr 29:373-80. 2010
  7. ncbi Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome: the evidence
    Nancy Babio
    Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain
    Public Health Nutr 12:1607-17. 2009
  8. ncbi The effect of nuts on inflammation
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotech nology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C Sant Llorenc, 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:333-6. 2008
  9. ncbi Polymorphisms cyclooxygenase-2 -765G>C and interleukin-6 -174G>C are associated with serum inflammation markers in a high cardiovascular risk population and do not modify the response to a Mediterranean diet supplemented with virgin olive oil or nuts
    Dolores Corella
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    J Nutr 139:128-34. 2009
  10. ncbi Effect of a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts on metabolic syndrome status: one-year results of the PREDIMED randomized trial
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Arch Intern Med 168:2449-58. 2008

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  1. ncbi Total and undercarboxylated osteocalcin predict changes in insulin sensitivity and ? cell function in elderly men at high cardiovascular risk
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Am J Clin Nutr 95:249-55. 2012
    ..Osteocalcin has been related to insulin secretion in experimental models. Few prospective studies have evaluated the association between circulating osteocalcin concentrations and insulin secretion and sensitivity in humans...
  2. ncbi Dietary vitamin K intake is associated with bone quantitative ultrasound measurements but not with bone peripheral biochemical markers in elderly men and women
    M Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Bone 48:1313-8. 2011
    ..We also analyzed the relationship between changes in vitamin K intake and the evolution of bone quality markers after two years of follow-up...
  3. ncbi Effect of whole walnuts and walnut-skin extracts on oxidant status in mice
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Facultat de Medicinia i Ciències de la Salut, ISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Nutrition 26:823-8. 2010
    ..To evaluate the effect of the intake of whole walnuts and walnut fractions on the oxidant status in mice...
  4. ncbi Mediterranean diet and high dietary acid load associated with mixed nuts: effect on bone metabolism in elderly subjects
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine of Reus, School of Medicine, Institut d Investigacions Sanitàries Pere i Virgili, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1789-98. 2009
    ..To analyze the effect of differing diet on the acid load content on bone metabolism...
  5. ncbi Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with the Mediterranean diet: results of the PREDIMED-Reus nutrition intervention randomized trial
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Departament de Bioquimica i Biotecnologia, Institut d Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Diabetes Care 34:14-9. 2011
    ..To test the effects of two Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) interventions versus a low-fat diet on incidence of diabetes...
  6. ncbi Effect of nut consumption on oxidative stress and the endothelial function in metabolic syndrome
    Patricia López-Uriarte
    Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Sant Llorenc 21, 43201 Reus, Tarragona, Spain
    Clin Nutr 29:373-80. 2010
    ..Oxidative stress has a key role in atherosclerosis, cancer and other chronic diseases. Some bioactive compounds in nuts have been implicated in antioxidant activities...
  7. ncbi Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome: the evidence
    Nancy Babio
    Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain
    Public Health Nutr 12:1607-17. 2009
    ..The Mediterranean diet has long been related to a lower cardiovascular disease risk; however, more recent evidences also indicate that it has a favourable effect on adiposity and type 2 diabetes...
  8. ncbi The effect of nuts on inflammation
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotech nology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C Sant Llorenc, 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:333-6. 2008
    ..Nut consumption has also been shown to decrease the plasma concentration of CRP, IL-6 and some endothelial markers in recent clinical trials...
  9. ncbi Polymorphisms cyclooxygenase-2 -765G>C and interleukin-6 -174G>C are associated with serum inflammation markers in a high cardiovascular risk population and do not modify the response to a Mediterranean diet supplemented with virgin olive oil or nuts
    Dolores Corella
    Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    J Nutr 139:128-34. 2009
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  10. ncbi Effect of a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts on metabolic syndrome status: one-year results of the PREDIMED randomized trial
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, School of Medicine, University of Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Arch Intern Med 168:2449-58. 2008
    ..We compared the 1-year effect of 2 behavioral interventions to implement the MedDiet vs advice on a low-fat diet on MetS status...
  11. ncbi Nuts and oxidation: a systematic review
    Patricia López-Uriarte
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Nutr Rev 67:497-508. 2009
    ..This review evaluates the in vitro and in vivo studies conducted in animals or humans to analyze the effect of nuts on oxidation...
  12. ncbi Effect of two doses of a mixture of soluble fibres on body weight and metabolic variables in overweight or obese patients: a randomised trial
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
    Br J Nutr 99:1380-7. 2008
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  13. ncbi Nuts, inflammation and insulin resistance
    Patricia Casas-Agustench
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenc 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 19:124-30. 2010
    ..This review evaluates the epidemiologic and experimental evidence in humans demonstrating an association between nut consumption and these two emergent cardio-protective mechanisms...
  14. ncbi Mediterranean diet and oxidation: nuts and olive oil as important sources of fat and antioxidants
    Monica Bullo
    Unitat de Nutricio Humana, Departament de Bioquimica i Biotecnologia, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Curr Top Med Chem 11:1797-810. 2011
    ..We focus our review on two important Mediterranean vegetable sources of potentially oxidized fat-olive oil and nuts...
  15. ncbi Inflammation, obesity and comorbidities: the role of diet
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan, Departament de Bioquimica i Biotecnologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C Sant Llorenc, 21 43201 Reus, Spain
    Public Health Nutr 10:1164-72. 2007
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  16. ncbi Association between a healthy lifestyle and general obesity and abdominal obesity in an elderly population at high cardiovascular risk
    Monica Bullo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Prev Med 53:155-61. 2011
    ..We assessed the relationship between lifestyle and obesity risk in a baseline analysis of the PREDIMED study, a randomized dietary primary prevention trial conducted in Spain...
  17. ncbi Dietary fibre, nuts and cardiovascular diseases
    Jordi Salas-Salvado
    Unitat de Nutricio Humana, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut de Reus, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Br J Nutr 96:S46-51. 2006
    ..After cereals, nuts are the vegetable foods that are richest in fibre, which may partly explain their benefit on the lipid profile and cardiovascular health...
  18. ncbi Plasma adiponectin distribution in a Mediterranean population and its association with cardiovascular risk factors and metabolic syndrome
    Jordi Salas Salvado
    Human Nutrition Unit, Faculty of Medicine, URV, Reus, Spain
    Metabolism 56:1486-92. 2007
    ..4% of its variability. In conclusion, adiponectin plasma levels are more closely related to the components of the metabolic syndrome in women than in men in a Mediterranean population...
  19. ncbi Circulating nerve growth factor levels in relation to obesity and the metabolic syndrome in women
    Monica Bullo
    Unitat de Nutricio Humana, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut de Reus, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201, Reus, Spain
    Eur J Endocrinol 157:303-10. 2007
    ..This is the first study evaluating the plasma NT levels in a group of women with obesity and MetSyn, and also the adipose tissue nerve growth factor (NGF) expression in a small group of them...
  20. ncbi Systemic inflammation, adipose tissue tumor necrosis factor, and leptin expression
    Monica Bullo
    Unitat de Nutricio Humana, Facultat de Medicina i Ciencies de la Salut de Reus, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Obes Res 11:525-31. 2003
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  21. ncbi A controlled, randomized, double-blind trial to evaluate the effect of a supplement of cocoa husk that is rich in dietary fiber on colonic transit in constipated pediatric patients
    Gemma Castillejo
    Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari de Sant Joan de Reus, , Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
    Pediatrics 118:e641-8. 2006
    ..These benefits seem to be more evident in pediatric constipated patients with slow colonic transit time...