Publications

Scholarly Journals--Published

• Uppala P T, Dissmore T, Lau B H S, Andacht T, & Rajaram S. (2013). Selective Inhibition of Cell Proliferation by Lycopene in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells In vitro: A Proteomic Analysis. Phytotherapy Research, 27(4), 595-601. (04/2013) (link)
• Creske M, Modeste N, Hopp J, Rajaram S, & Cort D. (2013). How do diet and body mass index impact dental caries in Hispanic elementary school children?. J Dent Hyg, 87(1), 38-46. (02/2013) (link)
• Chiang Y L, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Shavlik D, & Sabate J. (2012). The effect of dietary walnuts compared to fatty fish on eicosanoids, cytokines, soluble endothelial adhesion molecules and lymphocyte subsets: a randomized, controlled crossover trial. Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids, 87(4-5), 111-117. (10/2012) (link)
• Burns-Whitmore B L, Haddad E H, Sabate J, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Tanzman J, & Rajaram S. (2010). Effect of n-3 fatty acid enriched eggs and organic eggs on serum lutein in free-living lacto-ovo vegetarians. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 64(11), 1332-1337. (11/2010) (link)
• Wien M, Rajaram S, Oda K, & Sabate J. (2010). Decreasing the Linoleic Acid to alpha-Linolenic Acid Diet Ratio Increases Eicosapentaenoic Acid in Erythrocytes in Adults. Lipids, 45(8), 683-692. (08/2010) (link)
• Rajaram S, Connell K M, & Sabate J. (2010). Effect of almond-enriched high-monounsaturated fat diet on selected markers of inflammation: a randomised, controlled, crossover study. British Journal of Nutrition, 103(6), 907-912. (03/2010) (link)
• Burns-Whitmore BL, Haddad EH, Sabaté J, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Tanzman J, Rajaram S. Effect of n-3 fatty acid enriched eggs and organic eggs on serum lutein in free-living lacto-ovo vegetarians. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2010 Nov;64(11):1332-7. (2010)
• Wien M, Rajaram S, Oda K, Sabaté J. Decreasing the linoleic acid to alpha-linolenic acid diet ratio increases eicosapentaenoic acid in erythrocytes in adults. Lipids. 2010 Aug;45(8):683-92.  (2010)
• Rajaram S, & Sabate J. (2009). Fifth International Congress on Vegetarian Preface. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89(5), S1541-S1542. (05/2009) (link)
• Rajaram S, Haddad E H, Mejia A, & Sabate J. (2009). Walnuts and fatty fish influence different serum lipid fractions in normal to mildly hyperlipidemic individuals: a randomized controlled study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 89(5), S1657-S1663. (05/2009) (link)
• Rajaram S, Hasso Haddad E, Mejia A, Sabaté J. Walnuts and fatty fish influence different serum lipid fractions in normal to mildly hyperlipidemic individuals: a randomized controlled study. Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:1657S-1663S. (05/2009)
• Torabian S, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Banta J, & Sabate J. (2009). Acute effect of nut consumption on plasma total polyphenols, antioxidant capacity and lipid peroxidation. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 22(1), 64-71. (02/2009) (link)
• Torabian S, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Banta J, Sabate´ J. Acute effect of nut consumption on plasma total polyphenols, antioxidant capacity and lipid peroxidation in healthy volunteers. J Hum Nutr Diet, 2009;22:64-71. (2009)
• Thorpe DL, Knutsen SF, Beeson WL, Rajaram S, Fraser GE. Effects of meat consumption and vegetarian diet on risk of wrist fracture over 25 years in a cohort of peri- and postmenopausal women. Publ Health Nutr, 2008;11:564-72. (2008)
• Rajaram S, Sabaté J. Nuts, body weight and insulin resistance. Br J Nutr, 2006, 96:S79-S86. (2006)
• Jambazian P, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Tanzman J, Sabaté J. Almonds in the diet simultaneously improve plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations and reduce plasma lipids.  J Am Diet Assoc, 2005;105:449-454. (2005)
• 1. Rajaram S, Sabaté J.  Health benefits of a vegetarian diet.  Nutrition 2000, 16:531-3. 2. Rajaram S, Burke K, Connell B, Myint T, Sabaté J.  A monounsaturated fatty acid-rich pecan-enriched diet favorably alters the serum lipid profile of healthy men and women. J Nutr 2001, 131:2275-9.  3. Sabaté J, Haddad E, Tanzman JS, Jambazian P, Rajaram S.  Serum lipid response to a graded enrichment of a Step I diet with almonds: a randomized feeding trial.  Am J Clin Nut 2003, 77:1379-84. 4. Rajaram S. The effect of vegetarian diet, plant foods, and phytochemicals on hemostasis and thrombosis. Am J Clin Nutr 2003, 78(3S): 552S-558S.  5. Jaceldo-Siegl K, Sabaté J, Rajaram S, Fraser G.  Long-term almond supplementation without advice on food replacement induces favorable nutrient modifications to the habitual diets of free-living individuals. Br J Nutr 2004, 92:533-540.  6. Jambazian P, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Tanzman J, Sabaté J.  Almonds in the diet simultaneously improve plasma alpha-tocopherol concentrations and reduce plasma lipids.  J Am Diet Assoc 2005, 105:449-454.  7. Rajaram S, Sabaté J.  Nuts, body weight and insulin resistance. Br J Nutr 2006, 96:S79-S86.  8. Thorpe DL, Knutsen SF, Beeson WL, Rajaram S, Fraser GE. Effects of meat consumption and vegetarian diet on risk of wrist fracture over 25 years in a cohort of peri- and postmenopausal women. Publ Health Nutr 2008, 11(6):564-72.   9. Torabian S, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Banta J, Sabate´ J.  Acute effect of nut consumption on plasma total polyphenols, antioxidant capacity and lipid peroxidation in healthy volunteers.  J Hum Nutr Diet 2009, 22: 64-71.  10. Rajaram S, Sabaté J. Fifth International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition. Preface. Am J Clin Nutr 2009, 89(S): 1541S-1542S.  11. Rajaram S, Haddad EH, Mejia A, Sabaté J. Walnuts and fatty fish influence different serum lipid fractions in normal to mildly hyperlipidemic individuals: a randomized controlled study. Am J Clin Nutr, 2009, 89(S): 1657S-1663S.  12. Rajaram S, Connell KM, Sabaté J. Effect of almond enriched high monounsaturated fat diet on selected markers of inflammation: a randomized, controlled, crossover study. Br J Nutr 2010, 29: 1-6.  13. Wien M, Rajaram S, Oda K, Sabaté, J. Decreasing the linoleic acid to a-linolenic acid diet ratio increases eicosapentaenoic acid in erythrocytes in adults. Lipids 2010, 45(8):683-92.  14. Burns-Whitmore BL, Haddad EH, Sabaté, J, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Tanzman J, Rajaram S. Effect of n-3 fatty acid-enriched eggs and organic eggs on serum lutein in free-living lacto-ovo vegetarians. Eur J Clin Nutr 2010, 64(11):1332-7.  15. Chiang YL, Haddad EH, Rajaram S, Shavlik D, Sabate J. The effects of dietary walnuts compared to fatty fish on cytokines, soluble adhesion molecules and lymphocyte subsets: a randomized controlled crossover trial. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2012, 87(4-5):111-7.  16. Uppala PT, Dissmore T, Lau BH, Andacht T, Rajaram S. Selective Inhibition of Cell Proliferation by Lycopene in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells In vitro: A Proteomic Analysis. Phytother Res 2013, Apr 27(4):595-601. 17. Creske M, Modeste N, Hopp J, Rajaram S, Cort D. How do diet and body mass index impacts dental caries in Hispanic elementary school children? J Dent Hyg 2013, 87(1):38-46.   17. Dyett PA, Sabaté J, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Shavlik D. Vegan lifestyle behaviors: an exploration of congruence with health-related beliefs and assessed health indices. Appetite 2013, Aug 67:119-24.  18. West AA, Shih Y, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Burns-Whitmore B. Egg n-3 fatty acid composition modulates biomarkers of choline metabolism in free-living lacto-ovo- vegetarian women of reproductive age. J Acad Nutr Diet 2014, 10: 1594-600.  19. Burns-Whitmore B, Haddad E, Sabate J, Rajaram S. Effects of supplementing n-3 fatty acid-enriched eggs and walnuts on cardiovascular disease risk markers in healthy free-living lacto-ovo vegetarians: a randomized, crossover intervention study. Nutr J 2014, Mar 27, 13(1): 2  20. Wien M, Rajaram S, Sabate J. Preface to the sixth International Congress on vegetarian nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr, 2014, July 100 (S1): 311S-312S.  21. Singh PN, Arthur KN, Orlich MJ, James WP, Job JS, Rajaram S, Sabate J. Global epidemiology of obesity, vegetarian dietary patterns, and non-communicable disease in Asian Indians. Am J Clin Nutr, 2014, July 100 (S1): 359S-364S. 22. Rajaram S. Health benefits of plant derived a-linolenic acid. Am J Clin Nutr 2014, July 100 (S1): 443S-448S.  23. Dyett P, Rajaram S, Haddad EH, Sabate J. Evaluation of a validated food frequency questionnaire for self-defined vegans in the United States. Nutrients 2014, July 8:6(7): 2523-2539.  24. Heskey CE, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Sabate J, Fraser G, Rajaram S. Adipose tissue a-linolenic acid is inversely associated with insulin resistance in adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2016, Apr 103(4): 1105-1110.  25. Burkholder-Cooley N, Rajaram S, haddad E, Fraser GE, Jaceldo-Siegl K. Comparison of polyphenol intakes according to dietary patterns and food sources in the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort. Br J Nutr 2016, 115 (12): 212-2169.  26. Rajaram S, Valls-Pedret C, Cofan M, Sabaté J, Serra-Mir M, Perez-Heras A, Arechiga A, Casarolli-Marano R, Alforja S, Sala-Vila A, Domenech M, Roth I, Freitas-Simoes T, Calvo C, Lopez-Illamola A, Haddad E, Kazzi N, Huey L, Fan J, Bitok E, Ros E. The Walnuts and Healthy Aging study (WAHA): Protocol for a Nutritional Intervention Trial with Walnuts on Brain Aging. Front. Aging Neurosci 2017, 8 (333).  27. Burkholder-Cooley N, Rajaram S, Haddad E, Oda K, Fraser GE, Jaceldo-Siegl K. Validating polyphenol intake estimates from a food-frequency questionnaire by using repeated 24-h dietary recalls and a unique method- of-triads approach with 2 biomarkers. Am J Clin Nutr 2017, 105(3):685-694.  28. Azemati B, Rajaram S, Jaceldo-Siegl K, Sabate J, Shavlik D, Fraser GE, Haddad EH. Animal-Protein Intake Is Associated with Insulin Resistance in Adventist Health Study 2 (AHS-2) Calibration Substudy Participants: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Curr Dev Nutr 2017, 1(4):e000299.  29. Rajaram S, Yip E.L, Reghunathan R, Mohan S, Sabate J. Effect of Altering Dietary n-6: n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Ratio with Plant and Marine-Based Supplement on Biomarkers of Bone Turnover in Healthy Adults. Nutrients 2017, 9(10), 1162.    30. Freitas-Simoes T, Cofan M, Blasco M, Soberon N, Corella D, Asensio E, Serra-Mir M, Roth I, Calvo C, Valls-Pedret C, Casaroli-Marano R, Domenech M, Rajaram S,Sabaté, J, Ros E, Sala-Villa A. The red blood cell proportion of arachidonic acid related to shorter leukocyte telomeres in Mediterranean elders: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Clin Nutr 2018, 38(2): 958-961.  31. Freitas-Simoes T, Cofan M, Blasco M, Soberon N, Foronda M, Serra-Mir M, Roth I,  Valls-Pedret C, Domenech M, Casaroli-Marano R, Ponferrada-Ariza E, Calvo C , Rajaram S,Sabaté J, Ros E, Sala-Villa A. Walnut consumption for two years and leukocyte telomere attrition in Mediterranean elders: results of a randomized controlled trial. Nutrients2018, 10(12),1907.  32. Bitok E, Rajaram S, Jaceldo-Siegl, K, Oda, K, Sala-Vila A, Serra-Mir M., Ros E, Sabaté J. (2018). Effects of Long-Term Walnut Supplementation on Body Weight in Free-Living Elderly: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Nutrients2018, 10(9), 1317. 33. Tabrizi SH, Haddad E, Rajaram S, Oda K, Kaur A, Sabaté J. The effect of soybean lunasin on cardiometabolic risk factors: A randomized clinical trial. J Diet Supp2019, April 7: 1-14.  34. DomenechM, Cofan M, Sala-Villa A, Serra-Mir M,Sabate J, Rajaram S. Effect of a walnut diet on office and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in elderly individuals: findings from the Walnuts and Healthy Aging (WAHA) randomized trial. Hypertension 2019, 73, 1049-1057.  35. Segovia-Siapco G, Rajaram S, Sabaté J. Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition: Introduction. Advances in Nutrition 2019, 10(4), S273-S274.   36. Rajaram S, Jones J, Lee G. Plant-Based Dietray Patterns, Plant Foods, and Age- Related Cognitive Decline. Advances in Nutrition 2019, 10(4), S422-S436.  37. Sala-Vila A, Valla-Pedret C, Rajaram S, Coll-Padros N, Cofan M, ….., Sabate J, Ros E. Effect of a 2 –year diet intervention with walnuts on cognitive decline. The Walnuts and Healthy Aging (WAHA) study: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr 2020, Jan 7. Pii: nqz328.  38. Abdrabalnabi AA, Rajaram S, bitok E,……Ros E, Sabate J. Effects of supplementing the usual diet with daily dose of walnuts for two years on metabolic syndrome and its components in an elderly cohort. Nutrients 2020, 12, 451. (Present)

Books and Chapters

• Rajaram S, Sabaté J. Nuts, Body Weight and Insulin Resistance. In Frutos Secos, Salud y Culturas Mediterraneás (Tree Nuts, Health, and Mediterranean Culture). Edited by Salas J, Ros E, Sabaté J. Editorial Glosa, Barcelona, Spain, 2005, pg. 277-296. (2005)
• Rajaram S, Dyett PA, Sabaté J. Nutrition and Vegetarianism. In Nutritional Concerns of Women. Edited by Klimis-Azcas, D, Wolinsky, I. CRC Press, Boca Raton, 2004, pg. 419-456. (2004)