About the Authors

Karen Jaceldo-Siegl

kjaceldo@llu.edu

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America, Adventist Health Studies, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Ella Haddad

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Keiji Oda

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Gary E. Fraser

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America, Adventist Health Studies, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Joan Sabaté

Affiliations Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Joan Sabaté has served on the scientific advisory board of Paramount Farms. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KJS JS GF. Performed the experiments: KJS EH. Analyzed the data: KO GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EH KJS GF KO. Wrote the paper: KJS. Provided critical review of manuscript content: JS GF EH.