Vegan Diet

U.S. News & World Report recently released its ranking for the top heart-healthy diets as ranked by medical doctors, registered dietitians and nutritional epidemiologists.

Almost half of American adults said that starting a new diet is one of their New Year’s resolutions, results of a survey from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine showed.

A low-fat vegan diet improved insulin sensitivity in adults with type 1 diabetes, according to an analysis presented at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.

A low-fat vegan diet significantly reduced harmful inflammatory dietary compounds compared with a Mediterranean diet, according to findings from a randomized study.

Decreased intake of extra-virgin olive oil within a whole-food, plant-based diet may help to lower LDL among individuals at risk for atherosclerotic CVD, according to a study published in Journal of the American Heart Association.

Substitution of just one meat-based meal with a vegetarian or vegan alternative reduced serum ammonia levels for up to 3 hours and improved metabolites in patients with cirrhosis who follow a Western meat-based diet, researchers reported.

Eating a low-fat vegan diet induced a greater improvement in insulin sensitivity and a larger reduction in total daily insulin dose than a portion-controlled diet for adults with type 1 diabetes, according to study findings.

For the 7th consecutive year, the Mediterranean diet was named the best overall diet by nutritional experts at U.S. News and World Report, the company announced.

Among 22 pairs of twins, those who were randomly assigned to a vegan diet had improvements in several cardiovascular measures vs. their twin who was assigned to a healthy omnivore diet, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

DENVER — Therapeutic lifestyle modifications, particularly focusing on diet quality, can improve long-term cardiometabolic health for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, according to a presenter at the Lifestyle Medicine Conference.