But there is such variety in
the vegan diets studied and associated interventions that it is hard to make generalizations.
Not exact matches
About nine months ago I read about a
study concerning how a
vegan diet helped some people with fibromyalgia feel better, and in researching the
vegan diet came across Dr. John McDougall's website.
One of the limitations of this
study is that due to the relatively low number of
vegans, they lumped together those following a
vegan diet with vegetarians that also consumed milk, eggs and fish.
If you've ever wanted to learn about transitioning to a
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Study author T. Colin Campbell.
I would be most interested in seeing a comparison
study done with raw
vegan vs.
vegan diets... I am wondering if eating cooked
vegan foods would make a difference.
The systemic review of six previous
studies combined the results of 255 people with type 2 diabetes to see whether meat free or
vegan diets improved blood glucose control.
I went
vegan for ethical reasons and didn't care a lot about the health aspects of a
vegan diet, so even after reading The China
Study and watching Forks Over Knives I wasn't really convinced that I should give up oils.
I started reading The First Mess in 2012 when I was
studying to become a health coach while embracing a strictly
vegan diet.
«To shed weight, go
vegan: A review of vegetarian
diet studies highlights benefit of
vegan - eating plans.»
In the
study,
vegan women on regular
diet were compared with vegetarian women who regularly ate dairy.
It became apparent during the course of the
study that portraying a
vegan diet as dangerous or abnormal does hardly reach the target group.
«Different types of carefully balanced
diets —
vegan, vegetarian, omnivore — can meet a person's needs and keep them healthy, but this
study examined balancing the needs of the entire nation with the foods we could produce from plants alone.
Individuals with an extreme
diet, such as a
vegan diet, were not allowed to participate in their
study.
The
study analysed the nutritional status of young adults who had been following a
vegan diet for an average period of eight years.
The
study involved six male
vegans and 16 female
vegans, and the matched control group comprised eight men and 11 women who followed a non-vegetarian
diet.
While
studies like the Adventist Health
Study demonstrate that a
vegan diet can prevent chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes better than any other eating style, good health is not guaranteed by eating
vegan foods and there are pitfalls that I often see people fall into:
The best way for you to shed unwanted pounds might be to give up your favorite omnivorous treats in favor of a
vegan diet (at least for a little while), according to a new
study from the University of South Carolina.
(Interestingly, other
studies have shown that even without limiting any calories, adopting a
vegan style
diet results in excellent weight loss and improves blood sugar and fat levels.)
At the end of the six - month
study period, the people placed on a
vegan diet lost significantly more weight than the dieters on other plans — by about 4.3 % or 16.5 pounds on average.
A search of the National Library of Medicine for
vegan diets in humans finds nearly 3,000
studies, while there are fewer than 100 for a similar search of Paleo
diets.
Other
studies have looked at the gut microbiota (ie, the bacteria in our stool) in people with different
diets and have found that the microbiome in those who eat meat differs from vegetarians, and further differs from that in
vegans.
Another research
study found that a
vegan diet along with support groups and lifestyle changes helped men with prostate cancer control the disease.
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When
studying the merits of a
vegan or paleo
diet, it is the non-starchy, micronutrient - rich vegetables that may confer most of the health benefits, regardless of the carb, fat and protein content.
Thanks to the Seventh Day Adventists and the epidemiologists who
studied them, we now have compelling evidence that a
vegan diet can be healthier than one that includes meat and fish.
Many large
studies of nutrition have indicated lower rates of chronic diseases for
study subjects following a
vegan diet compared with an omnivorous
diet.
According to a 2015
study in the Journal of Medicinal Food,
vegans and vegetarians who added a small amount of chlorella to their
diets saw a boost in serum markers of B12 concentration.
The China
Study advises a
vegan diet but author T. Colin Campbell also admits it cuts a woman's hormone levels so low that it stunts growth, delays puberty, and leads to early menopause.
The Adventist II
study, which may be most informative for those following plant based
diets because it includes sizeable populations of
vegans / vegetarians, found that meat, legumes (but not soy) and meat analogues were all associated with reduced fracture risk (independently of each other).
Anecdotally, practitioners in India (no formal
studies I could find) are reporting reversal of coronary artery blockage when patients move to an essentially
vegan diet, but uses ghee instead of vegetable oils..
Although
vegan for many years, having recently switched to a WFPB
diet, I have developed a great appreciation for the recommendations of the researchers in the first
study cited in this video.
None of the healthy people
studied by Dr. Price followed a
vegan or even a vegetarian
diet — all consumed animal foods, often going to great trouble and risk to obtain them.
«A whole foods
vegan diet has been shown to be beneficial for Type 2 diabetes in three
studies that have been conducted on people with Type 2.
Twelve percent of the subjects, all of whom were
vegans, had stage IV B12 deficiency.29 Even though the average length of time the subjects had followed the raw food
diet was only 3.6 years, over half the
vegans were developing pernicious anemia; if many of them were eating folate - rich
diets, the proportion of
vegans developing irreversible nervous system degeneration might have been even higher than the proportion the
study suggested were suffering from severe deficiency.
While researchers have suggested optimal
diet for PCOS as one «low in saturated fat and high in fibre from predominantly low - glycaemic - index - carbohydrate foods», the one feasiblity
study of
vegan diets in PCOS was small and had high dropout rates.
«This
study extends the findings of other plant - based
diets by documenting the impact of a strict
vegan diet on multiple measures of oxidative stress and antioxidant capacity.»
(i had mainly hormonal problems) but i suspect the low fat
diet i was doing... however Esselstyn and others provide some
study about the fact low fat whole food
vegan is the best
diet for health... But i can tell you low fat destruct me... So that's why i'm skeptical sometimes... You can find sutdy about all subject but later these
study are prooved wrong and the reverse is «prooved».
Studies have shown that getting even just 5 - 10 % of calories from animal products provides nutrition that a strict
vegan diet can not.
A comprehensive
study amongst 229 hunter - gatherer
diets, showed that no historically foragers were vegetarians let alone
vegans (15).
this is a large scale population
study with incredible health data comparing rural (
vegan) vs. urban Chinese, duplicated in rats, much more compelling than just analyzing Bill Clinton, who I have heard did not stick to a
vegan diet until recently after his last scare.
Does anybody know any
studies that would directly compare the «paleolithic and vegetarian /
vegan diets, and maybe a group such as «western
diet»?
Are there any
studies on «
vegan ketogenic»
diets?
Study published by Neal Barnard showing successful treatment of type II diabetes on low fat
vegan diet: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2677007/ «Neal Barnard's Program for Reversing Diabetes»: http://www.nealbarnard.org/books/diabetes/
From the research I was a part of with Dr. Barnard,
study participants received either a low - fat
vegan diet or a typical
diet for diabetes and found significant changes in weight loss and insulin levels.
A dietary review of 49 observational and controlled
studies found plant - based vegetarian
diets, especially
vegan diets, are associated with lower levels of total cholesterol, including lower levels of HDL and LDL cholesterol, compared to omnivorous
diets.
Dr. Neil Barnard's
study «A Low - Fat
Vegan Diet Improves Glycemic Control and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Randomized Clinical Trial in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes» Diabetes Care 29:1777 — 1783, 2006 on the effects of a WFPB
diet on people who have type 2 diabetes showed a WFPB
diet was more effective than the
diet recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA)(hardly a meat heavy
diet).
Vegan and vegetarian
diets have been
studied for years and are routinely linked to having a lower body weight and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease.
Some important
studies include: • Beneficial effects of a high carbohydrate, high fiber
diet on hyperglycemic diabetic men (1976) • Response of non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients to an intensive program of
diet and exercise (1982) •
Diet and exercise in the treatment of NIDDM: The need for early emphasis (1994) • Toward improved management of NIDDM: A randomized, controlled, pilot intervention using a low fat, vegetarian
diet (1999) • The effects of a low - fat, plant - based dietary intervention on body weight, metabolism, and insulin sensitivity (2005) • A low - fat
vegan diet improves glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized clinical trial in individuals with type 2 diabetes (2006) • A low - fat
vegan diet and a conventional diabetes
diet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized, controlled, 74 - wk clinical trial (2009) • Vegetarian
diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional
diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes (2011) • Glycemic and cardiovascular parameters improved in type 2 diabetes with the high nutrient density (HND)
diet (2012)
What about the
studies that show higher intake of animal protein, with adequate calcium present, increases bone density more than
vegan diets?
I wish there was a
study in which they compared
Vegan ultra runners with ultra runners who ate a standard American
diet - I bet the exercise would not harm the Vegans nearly as much.