User profiles for Russell J de Souza

Russell Jude de Souza

Associate Professor, McMaster University
Verified email at mcmaster.ca
Cited by 20781

Intake of saturated and trans unsaturated fatty acids and risk of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis …

RJ De Souza, A Mente, A Maroleanu, AI Cozma, V Ha… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To systematically review associations between intake of saturated fat and trans
unsaturated fat and all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated mortality, …

Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data

DEG Griesdale, RJ de Souza, RM van Dam… - Cmaj, 2009 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Hyperglycemia is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients.
Randomized trials of intensive insulin therapy have reported inconsistent effects on mortality …

Food consumption and its impact on cardiovascular disease: importance of solutions focused on the globalized food system: a report from the workshop convened by …

SS Anand, C Hawkes, RJ De Souza, A Mente… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - jacc.org
Major scholars in the field, on the basis of a 3-day consensus, created an in-depth review of
current knowledge on the role of diet in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the changing global …

Effect of legumes as part of a low glycemic index diet on glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial

…, RJ de Souza, JL Sievenpiper, J Coveney… - Archives of internal …, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Background Legumes, including beans, chickpeas, and lentils, are among the lowest
glycemic index (GI) foods and have been recommended in national diabetes mellitus (DM) …

[PDF][PDF] Composition and variation of the human milk microbiota are influenced by maternal and early-life factors

…, L Bode, S Goruk, CJ Field, LM Lix, RJ de Souza… - Cell host & …, 2019 - cell.com
Breastmilk contains a complex community of bacteria that may help seed the infant gut
microbiota. The composition and determinants of milk microbiota are poorly understood. Among …

Effect of fructose on body weight in controlled feeding trials: a systematic review and meta-analysis

JL Sievenpiper, RJ de Souza, A Mirrahimi… - Annals of internal …, 2012 - acpjournals.org
Background: The contribution of fructose consumption in Western diets to overweight and
obesity in populations remains uncertain. Purpose: To review the effects of fructose on body …

Probiotic supplementation can positively affect anxiety and depressive symptoms: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

M Pirbaglou, J Katz, RJ de Souza, JC Stearns… - Nutrition research, 2016 - Elsevier
de Souza c , Jennifer C. Stearns d , Mehras Motamed a , Paul Ritvo a b e … Paul Ritvo, Joel
Katz, Russell de Souza, and Jennifer Stearns provided critical commentary and revision of the …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of dietary pulse consumption on body weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

SJ Kim, RJ De Souza, VL Choo, V Ha, AI Cozma… - The American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background: Obesity is a risk factor for developing several diseases, and although dietary
pulses (nonoil seeds of legumes such as beans, lentils, chickpeas, and dry peas) are well …

Effect of fructose on glycemic control in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled feeding trials

AI Cozma, JL Sievenpiper, RJ De Souza… - Diabetes …, 2012 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE The effect of fructose on cardiometabolic risk in humans is controversial. We
conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled feeding trials to clarify the effect …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of 4 weight-loss diets differing in fat, protein, and carbohydrate on fat mass, lean mass, visceral adipose tissue, and hepatic fat: results from the …

RJ de Souza, GA Bray, VJ Carey, KD Hall… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background: Weight loss reduces body fat and lean mass, but whether these changes are
influenced by macronutrient composition of the diet is unclear. Objective: We determined …