Vegan Diet Health Benefits in Metabolic Syndrome [PDF]
Nutrients, 2021 Plant-based diets (PBDs) are increasingly consumed by the Italian population and around the world. In particular, among PBDs, the vegan diet is a food pattern characterized by the exclusion of all animal-origin foods. What drives people to adopt this model are mainly ethical, health and environmental reasons.
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Vegan diets: practical advice for athletes and exercisers [PDF]
Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2017 With the growth of social media as a platform to share information, veganism is becoming more visible, and could be becoming more accepted in sports and in the health and fitness industry.
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Comparing diet-related attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of vegan and omnivorous adults: results from a cross-sectional survey study in Germany [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground As a well-balanced vegan diet is associated with reduced diet-related health risks, it is in the interest of local authorities to develop appropriate public health interventions to promote such a diet.
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Comparison of Nutritional Quality of the Vegan, Vegetarian, Semi-Vegetarian, Pesco-Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diet [PDF]
Nutrients, 2014 The number of studies comparing nutritional quality of restrictive diets is limited. Data on vegan subjects are especially lacking. It was the aim of the present study to compare the quality and the contributing components of vegan, vegetarian, semi ...
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A vegan diet signature from a multi-omics study on different European populations is related to favorable metabolic outcomes [PDF]
Gut MicrobesVegan and omnivorous diets differ markedly in composition, but their effects on the gut microbiome, metabolome, and lipidome across populations remain insufficiently characterized.
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The effect of a vegan diet with or without resistance exercise on thigh muscle volume in older adults. Research protocol of the Vold-study: a 12-week randomized controlled trial [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground Plant-based diets are increasingly adopted. Plant-based foods exhibit a lower protein quantity and quality compared to animal-based foods. As such, a fully plant-based, i.e.
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Plant-based dietary index on the Mediterranean and a vegan diet: a secondary analysis of a randomized, cross-over trial [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionObjectiveThe plant-based diet index (PDI) has been proposed as a gauge of diet healthfulness. This study assessed the relationship between the PDI, and the “healthful” hPDI and “unhealthful” uPDI, and weight loss in the context of Mediterranean and vegan
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Health effects of vegan diets [PDF]
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2009 Recently, vegetarian diets have experienced an increase in popularity. A vegetarian diet is associated with many health benefits because of its higher content of fiber, folic acid, vitamins C and E, potassium, magnesium, and many phytochemicals and a fat content that is more unsaturated. Compared with other vegetarian diets, vegan diets tend to contain
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Can a vegan diet help people with type 1 diabetes save on insulin? A secondary analysis of a 12-Week randomized clinical trial [PDF]
BMC NutritionAims/Hypothesis This secondary analysis compared the effect of a vegan to a portion-controlled diet on insulin use and insulin costs in people with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Methods Fifty-eight adults with T1D were randomly assigned to a vegan (n = 29) or a
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Dietary acid load on the Mediterranean and a vegan diet: a secondary analysis of a randomized, cross-over trial [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionBackgroundEvidence suggests that changes in dietary acid load may influence body weight, and the purpose of this secondary analysis was to assess its role in the context of the Mediterranean and a vegan diet in overweight adults.MethodsIn this randomized
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