Twins randomly assigned to healthy vegan diet have significant decreases in LDL cholesterol concentration, fasting insulin, body weight<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n
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THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Following a healthy vegan diet leads to improvements in cardiometabolic outcomes compared with a healthy omnivorous diet, according to a study published online Nov. 30 in JAMA Network Open<\/em>.<\/p>\n Matthew J. Landry, Ph.D., from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, and colleagues compared the effects of a healthy vegan versus healthy omnivorous diet in cardiometabolic measures during an eight-week intervention in a single-center randomized clinical trial involving 22 pairs of twins. Participants were randomly assigned to a vegan or omnivorous diet for eight weeks.<\/p>\n The researchers found that after eight weeks, the twins randomly assigned to the vegan diet had significant mean decreases in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration (\u00e2\u0088\u009213.9 mg\/dL), fasting insulin level (\u00e2\u0088\u00922.9 \u00c2\u00b5IU\/mL), and body weight (\u00e2\u0088\u00921.9 kg) compared with twins randomly assigned to an omnivorous diet.<\/p>\n “We observed cardiometabolic advantages for the healthy vegan versus the healthy omnivorous diet among healthy, adult identical twins,” the authors write. “Clinicians may consider recommending plant-based diets to reduce cardiometabolic risk factors, as well as aligning with environmental benefits.”<\/p>\n One author disclosed receiving funding from Beyond Meat.<\/p>\n