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David Heber

Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles

Publications -  445
Citations -  32045

David Heber is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 90, co-authored 393 publications receiving 29672 citations. Previous affiliations of David Heber include Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences & University of California, Berkeley.

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Overeating and Overweight: Extra Calories Increase Fat Mass While Protein Increases Lean Mass

Zhaoping Li, +1 more
- 04 Jan 2012 - 
TL;DR: It was found that body fat increased in proportion to excess calories but overall weight gain was less with low protein relative to normal or high protein diets, which have important ramifications because the Western diet tends to be high in fat and carbohydrates and low in protein.
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Long-term exposure of MCF-7 breast cancer cells to ethanol stimulates oncogenic features

Robert Gelfand, +6 more
- 01 Jan 2017 - 
TL;DR: The previously shown alcohol induction of oncogenic transformation of normal breast cells is now complemented by the current results suggesting alcohol's potential involvement in malignant progression of breast cancer.
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Prostate enlargement: the canary in the coal mine?

David Heber
- 01 Apr 2002 - 
TL;DR: Evidence is provided that increased intakes of energy, protein, and certain polyunsaturated fats in the diet may be associated with modest increases in the risk of BPH, and factors in the diets that increase prostate cell proliferation may also play a role in increasing therisk of prostate cancer.
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Dietary Fats, Lipids, Hormones, and Tumorigenesis

David Heber, +1 more
TL;DR: The role of arachidonic acid intake, its endogenous production, and its distribution within lipid fractions in carcinogenesis is addressed, which implies a potential role for variation in the endogenous distribution in the etiology of cancers which have increased incidence in human obesity.
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Mixed Tree Nut Snacks Compared to Refined Carbohydrate Snacks Resulted in Weight Loss and Increased Satiety during Both Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance: A 24-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

Jing Wang, +12 more
- 30 Apr 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a randomized, controlled, two-arm study in 95 overweight individuals consuming 1.5 oz of MTNs or PS daily as part of a hypocaloric weight loss diet (-500 kcal) over 12 weeks followed by an isocaloric food maintenance program for 12 weeks.