Health Benefits of a Vegan Diet: Current Insights

• Published in: Nutrition and dietary supplements Vol. 12; pp. 57 - 85
• Main Authors: Radnitz, Cynthia, Ni, Jingwen, Dennis, Danielle, Cerrito, Brianna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Macclesfield Dove Medical Press Limited 31.05.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Analysis; Body mass index; Cancer prevention; Cancer research; Cholesterol; Diet; Health; Health aspects; Hypertension; Low density lipoproteins; Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms); Mortality; Obesity; Studies; vegan; Veganism; vegetarian; Vegetarianism; United Kingdom; Vietnam; Taiwan; India; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US

: To assess the health benefits of a vegan diet, observational studies of diabetes (non-insulin dependent; NIDDM), cancer, mortality, gut microbiota, hypertension, lipids, and overweight were examined. Utilizing PRISMA items to identify articles and assess their quality for inclusion, 44 studies wer...