eprintid: 14364 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/01/43/64 datestamp: 2024-09-24 23:30:10 lastmod: 2024-09-24 23:30:11 status_changed: 2024-09-24 23:30:10 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Baroni, Luciana creators_name: Rizzo, Gianluca creators_name: Galchenko, Alexey Vladimirovich creators_name: Zavoli, Martina creators_name: Serventi, Luca creators_name: Battino, Maurizio creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es title: Health Benefits of Vegetarian Diets: An Insight into the Main Topics ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_sn divisions: uneatlantico_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: public keywords: vegetarian diet; lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet; vegan diet; plant-based diet; health; noncommunicable diseases abstract: Vegetarian diets are plant-based diets including all the edible foods from the Plant Kingdom, such as grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Dairy and eggs can be added in small amounts in the lacto-ovo-vegetarian subtype, or not at all in the vegan subtype. The abundance of non-processed plant foods—typical of all well-planned diets, including vegetarian ones—can provide the body with numerous protective factors (fiber, phytocompounds), while limiting the intake of harmful nutrients like saturated fats, heme-iron, and cholesterol. The beneficial effects on health of this balance have been reported for many main chronic diseases, in both observational and intervention studies. The scientific literature indicates that vegetarians have a lower risk of certain types of cancer, overall cancer, overweight-obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and vascular diseases. Since the trend of following a vegetarian diet is increasing among citizens of developed countries, the knowledge in the field will benefit from further studies confirming the consistency of these findings and clarifying the effects of vegetarian diets on other controversial topics. date: 2024-07 publication: Foods volume: 13 number: 15 pagerange: 2398 id_number: doi:10.3390/foods13152398 refereed: TRUE issn: 2304-8158 official_url: http://doi.org/10.3390/foods13152398 access: open language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Alimentación Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Artículos y libros Abierto Inglés Vegetarian diets are plant-based diets including all the edible foods from the Plant Kingdom, such as grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds. Dairy and eggs can be added in small amounts in the lacto-ovo-vegetarian subtype, or not at all in the vegan subtype. The abundance of non-processed plant foods—typical of all well-planned diets, including vegetarian ones—can provide the body with numerous protective factors (fiber, phytocompounds), while limiting the intake of harmful nutrients like saturated fats, heme-iron, and cholesterol. The beneficial effects on health of this balance have been reported for many main chronic diseases, in both observational and intervention studies. The scientific literature indicates that vegetarians have a lower risk of certain types of cancer, overall cancer, overweight-obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and vascular diseases. Since the trend of following a vegetarian diet is increasing among citizens of developed countries, the knowledge in the field will benefit from further studies confirming the consistency of these findings and clarifying the effects of vegetarian diets on other controversial topics. metadata Baroni, Luciana; Rizzo, Gianluca; Galchenko, Alexey Vladimirovich; Zavoli, Martina; Serventi, Luca y Battino, Maurizio mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es (2024) Health Benefits of Vegetarian Diets: An Insight into the Main Topics. Foods, 13 (15). p. 2398. ISSN 2304-8158 document_url: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/14364/1/foods-13-02398-v3.pdf