PLANT BASED DIETS - BENEFITS AND RISKS
Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are growing in popularity throughout the Western societies for several reasons, including concerns for human health and the health of the planet. The increased interest in having a vegan diet is based on more awareness of climate change, the prevention of chronic diseases and more sustainability in the food production system. The problem is when a radical attitude is adopted towards a specific dietary approach, leaving aside the possible benefits and shortcomings from a scientific point of view. https://www.maisonsante.ae/
Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are growing in popularity throughout the Western societies for several reasons, including concerns for human health and the health of the planet.
The increased interest in having a vegan diet is based on more awareness of climate change, the prevention of chronic diseases and more sustainability in the food production system. The problem is when a radical attitude is adopted towards a specific dietary approach, leaving aside the possible benefits and shortcomings from a scientific point of view.
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PLANT BASED DIETS -
BENEFITS AND RISKS
Benefits of plantbased
diets
The first rule to follow a good eating
pattern in any diet is to base food on real
or minimally processed food. You have to
be careful with the products that are sold in
supermarkets as vegan, since most are
made with sugar, vegetable oils and other
types of additives.
A true vegan diet is based mostly on fruits,
vegetables, legumes, root vegetables, nuts,
so in this article we are going to focus on
this type of food.
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What about the
protein?
It is true that animal protein has more biological
availability than plant-based protein, but its
intake is not strictly necessary, as long as a
variety of plant-based protein-rich foods are
consumed, vegan diets are able to provide all of
the essential amino acids.
But, certainly, it is difficult to reach these
requirements with protein from plant-based
sources, so protein supplementation could be a
good strategy, using pea or soybean protein, or
a combination of several sources would be the
most optimal.
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At this point, would a healthier
vegan diet be healthier than an
meat-eaters diet?
Thinking that a vegan or vegetarian diet is
healthier than an omnivorous diet is not
supported by evidence, in fact if it not well
planned nutritionally, there could be some
risks.
One of the problems with the omnivorous diet
is the high consumption of processed red meat,
creamy cheeses, related to worse health
parameters, such as glycemic index, insulin
resistance, higher body mass index and body
weight. At the same time, a vegan diet based
on processed products could be
counterproductive to health.
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