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  3. The Benefits of Plant-Based Nutrition

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  4. New Research On Plant-Based Diets and Mortality

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  5. The right plant-based diet for you

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  6. Guide To A Plant Based Diet

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  1. The effects of plant-based diets on the body and the brain: a systematic review

    Study aims. A potential effect of plant-based diets on mortality rate remains controversial: large epidemiological studies like the Adventist studies (n = 22,000−96,000) show a link between plant-based diets, lower all-cause mortality and cardiovascular diseases 6,7, while other studies like the EPIC-Oxford study and the "45 and Up Study" (n = 64,000−267,000) show none 8,9.

  2. A Look at Plant-Based Diets

    Today, plant-based eating continues to be popular. The number of Americans who follow a vegan diet increased 600% from 2014 to 2018. 3 Interest in plant-based diets is driven by a number of factors. Many choose a plant-based diet in the pursuit of health, out of concern for animal welfare, or as a way to reduce their environmental footprint.

  3. The Safe and Effective Use of Plant-Based Diets with Guidelines for

    Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are growing in popularity throughout the Western world for various reasons, including concerns for human health and the health of the planet. ... This increased requirement is based on limited research, which has been unable to accurately measure adaptive ...

  4. The effects of plant-based diets on the body and the brain: a ...

    Study aims. A potential effect of plant-based diets on mortality rate remains controversial: large epidemiological studies like the Adventist studies (n = 22,000−96,000) show a link between ...

  5. Health Benefits of a Plant-Based Dietary Pattern and Implementation in

    Two of the most significant global health crises affecting society are climate change and the burden of noncommunicable diseases, which are both inextricably linked to diet. 1 Despite contradictory media headlines, there is strong published evidence that dietary patterns high in plant foods and low in animal foods can maximize health, environmental, and economic benefits. 2,3 Plant-based diets ...

  6. Trends in plant-based diets among U.S. adults, 1999-March 2020

    Serial cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to assess trends in the proportion of U.S. adults aged ≥20 years consuming a plant-based diet (defined as ≥50% total protein from plants on a 24-hour dietary recall) from 1999-2000 to 2017-March 2020 (n=51,698).

  7. PDF Plant-based diets and their impact on health, sustainability and the

    Plant-based diets Plant-based diets constitute a diverse range of dietary patterns that emphasize foods derived from plant sources coupled with lower consumption or exclusion of animal products. Vegetarian diets form a subset of plant-based diets, which may exclude the consumption of some or all forms of animal foods (see box). Common ...

  8. Trends in plant-based diets among U.S. adults, 1999-March 2020

    Background: Interest in plant-based eating has increased alongside increased variety and availability of highly processed plant-based meat and dairy alternatives. The impact of the shifting commercial landscape and public interest in plant-based eating on dietary intake is unknown. Objective: To examine trends in the consumption and composition of plant-based diets in U.S. adults.

  9. Association of plant-based diet indexes with the metabolomic profile

    Research interest grows around plant-based diets as a means to optimise both human health and environmental sustainability 1.While sustainable food systems are closely intertwined with all United ...

  10. Health and environmental impacts of plant-rich dietary patterns: a US

    Dietary indices can be used to differentiate plant-based dietary patterns and quantify their associations with health across graded differences in diets. For instance, the overall plant-based diet index (PDI) emphasises consumption of all plant-based foods regardless of nutritional value, and higher PDI scores have been associated with lower ...

  11. The Safe and Effective Use of Plant-Based Diets with ...

    Plant-based diets, which are high in fiber and polyphenolics, are also associated with a diverse gut microbiota, producing metabolites that have anti-inflammatory functions that may help manage disease processes. Concerns about the adequate intake of a number of nutrients, including vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin D, iron, zinc, and omega-3 fats ...

  12. What makes a plant-based diet? a review of current concepts and

    Within the last decades, plant-based diets have received increasing interest for their potential benefits to human and environmental health. The concept of plant-based diet, however, varies widely ...

  13. Plant‐Based Diets Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Incident

    Healthful and unhealthful plant‐based diets and the risk of coronary heart disease in U.S. adults. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017; 70:411-422. Crossref Medline Google Scholar; 13 Kim H, Caulfield LE, Rebholz CM. Healthy plant‐based diets are associated with lower risk of all‐cause mortality in US adults. J Nutr. 2018; 148:624-631.

  14. Embracing a plant-based diet

    Eating a plant-based diet helps the environment. According to a report by the U.S. Food and Agriculture Organization, "The meat industry has a marked impact on a general global scale on water ...

  15. Association of Healthful Plant-based Diet Adherence With Risk of

    In line with previous studies, 4,5,18 the Oxford WebQ tool 19,20 was used to construct a healthful plant-based diet index (hPDI) and an unhealthful plant-based diet index (uPDI), based on mean food intakes taken from a minimum of two 24-hour dietary assessments (eMethods 1 in Supplement 1).

  16. Plant-based diets and sports performance: a clinical review

    Purpose Plant-based diets have become increasingly popular in Western culture. Although studies have examined physiologic health improvements of plant-based diets, there is little data on plant-based diets as it relates to sports performance. Methods Clinical review of systematic reviews, randomized trials, prospective and retrospective cohort studies available in English on PubMed and Google ...

  17. Plant-based diets are best… or are they?

    Research over many years has linked plant-based diets to lower rates of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and some cancers (as compared with diets high in meat and other animal products). ... Plant-based diets carry some risk of inadequate protein, vitamin, and mineral intake. But these risks are readily overcome by choosing the right vegetarian ...

  18. Plant-Based Diets and Cancer Risk: What is the Evidence?

    Intervention Studies. The number of clinical trials or intervention studies conducted with plant-based diets is limited and the majority have focused on weight and cardiometabolic outcomes [33,34,35,36,37].Although intervention studies with cancer as the outcome are lacking, there is evidence that plant-based interventions can alter risk factors for cancer such as inflammatory biomarkers ...

  19. Nutrient Intake and Status in Adults Consuming Plant-Based Diets

    Studies reporting on imposed or predesigned plant-based diets (e.g., marginal plant-based staple diets in developing countries, a prescribed vegetarian diet intervention, or modelled vegetarian diet scenario) were excluded, as well as articles on overly restrictive plant-based diets (e.g., raw food diet, macrobiotic diet), or healthy diets ...

  20. Foods for Plant-Based Diets: Challenges and Innovations

    Plant-based diets have become popular as a means of reducing the environmental footprint of the diet and promoting human health and animal welfare. Although the percentages of vegetarians and vegans are low compared to omnivores, their numbers have increased significantly in the last years. The use of non-animal food products other than meat alternatives is also increasing and this tendency ...

  21. What is a plant-based diet and why should you try it?

    Vegetarian diets have also been shown to support health, including a lower risk of developing coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and increased longevity. Plant-based diets offer all the necessary protein, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals for optimal health, and are often higher in fiber and phytonutrients.

  22. Diet quality and risk and severity of COVID-19: a prospective cohort

    Design We used data from 592 571 participants of the smartphone-based COVID-19 Symptom Study. Diet information was collected for the prepandemic period using a short food frequency questionnaire, and diet quality was assessed using a healthful Plant-Based Diet Score, which emphasises healthy plant foods such as fruits or vegetables.

  23. Exploring Diet-Based Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation: Patient

    Plant-based diets may also help lower emerging and understudied risk factors, like inflammation. In addition, a complete plant-based diet contains high magnesium levels [26,27,28]. Given that reduced serum magnesium levels are somewhat linked to the onset of AF in those without preexisting cardiovascular issues, adopting a plant-based diet ...

  24. The effects of a raw vegetarian diet from a clinical perspective

    In a cross-sectional study, the effects of a raw food diet (containing 1500-1800 g of raw plant-based foods) on 201 participants were investigated. It was found that followers of this diet had lower TC, HDL and plasma triglycerides and higher tHcy (due to vitamin B-12 deficiency). HDL concentration was inversely associated with raw food intake

  25. Plant-based diets: Can they reduce biological age?

    A plant-based diet could lower biological age in as little as eight weeks, according to a recent study published in BMC Medicine .. The diet intervention trial, which involved 21 pairs of identical twins, compared the effects of a vegan or plant-based diet versus an omnivorous diet on biological age estimates, a tool used to gauge both overall health and the risk of age-related diseases such ...

  26. The race to plant-based food: How the Paris Olympics became the most

    The 2024 Olympic Games pledged to double the amount of plant-based food on offer. ... are health benefits of a plant-based diet too, ... overall annual spending on research and development made up ...

  27. How Alzheimer's disease could be reversed through lifestyle changes

    New Alzheimer's disease research finds that a plant-based diet, strength training exercise and meditation can help reverse the symptoms of the most common type of dementia.

  28. Consumers can help cut emissions with diet choices, study finds

    New research has shown that the greenhouse gas emissions associated with global food supply chains could be reduced by 17% if consumers in affluent countries shift towards more plant-based diets.

  29. The Impact of Vegan and Vegetarian Diets on Physical Performance and

    The habitual vegan diet is lower in dietary protein and vitamin D than the habitual omnivorous diet [3,65]. Plant-based diets have also been shown to contain significantly fewer amounts of essential amino acids in general, and leucine in particular (p < 0.05) [65,84].

  30. Low-Carb Diets That Focus on Plant Protein Are Better for Weight ...

    Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Eating more plant-based proteins on a low-carb diet could lead to less long-term weight gain, new research shows.Conversely, low-carb dieters who relied heavily on ...