effect of periodic vegetarianism on serum retinol and α-tocopherol levels

• Published in: International journal for vitamin and nutrition research Vol. 79; no. 5-6; pp. 271 - 280
• Main Authors: Sarri, Katerina, Bertsias, George, Linardakis, Manolis, Tsibinos, George, Tzanakis, Nikolaos, Kafatos, Anthony
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.09.2009
• Subjects: Adult; alpha-Tocopherol - blood; Blood Glucose - metabolism; blood lipids; blood serum; Body Mass Index; Cholesterol - blood; Diet, Vegetarian; dietary surveys; fasting; Female; Greek Orthodox Christian diet; human nutrition; Humans; lipoproteins; Male; men; Middle Aged; nutrient intake; nutrition assessment; nutritional status; religious dietary laws; risk assessment; Serum Retinol; Statistics, Nonparametric; Triglycerides - blood; vegetarian diet; vitamin A; Vitamin A - blood; vitamin E; women

The Greek Orthodox Christian (GOC) diet is unique in that it regularly interchanges between an omnivorous to a vegetarian type of diet over the course of the ecclesiastical year, and no study to date has focused on its impact on antioxidant vitamins A (retinol) and E (alpha-tocopherol) status. Thirt...