Medical reveiw (research paper )
A. use all of the 5 research articles handed-out.
Pereira MA, Jacobs Jr DR, Pins JJ, et al. Effect of whole grains on insulin sensitivity in overweight hyperinsulinemic adults.
Jacobs DR, Meyer KA, Kkushi LH. Is whole grain intake associated with reduced total and cause-specific death rates in older women? The Iowa Womens’s Health Study.
Liu S, Stampfer MJ, Hu FB. Whole-grain consumption and risk of coronary heart disease: results form the Nurses’ Health Study.
Sahyoun NR, Jacques PF, Zhang Xl, et al. Whole-grain intake is inversely associated with the metabolic syndrome and mortality in older adults
Lutsey PL, Jacobs Jr DR, Kori S et al. Whole grain intake and its cross-sectional association with obesity, insulin resistane, inflammation, diabetes and subclinical CVD: The MESA Study.
B. add 12 articles examining the effects of whole grains on the cardiovascular system
1. scientific research papers
a. can have more than 12 articles (extra credit)
b. NOT website articles
c. NOT review articles
d. NOT meta-analyses
C. how to discuss a reseach article:
1. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE SENTENCES!!!
2. about two sentences describing the methods
3. about two sentences describing the main findings
4. do not use quotations
5. must be cited correctly :
Author II, Author II. Title of the article. Name of the Journal. YEAR;
VOLUME NUMBER: PAGE-PAGE.
D. the best source for finding research articles is MEDLINE (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed)
E. IMPORTANT: not all of sections 2 – 9 are required! For example, if you found no information on inflammation, your paper will not have an Inflammation section (section 6).
