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Almond “Appetizer” Effect on Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) Results

Michael A. Crouch and Robert T. Slater
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2016, 29 (6) 759-766; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2016.06.160128
Michael A. Crouch
From the Memorial Family Medicine Residency, Sugar Land, TX.
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Robert T. Slater III
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