The Western diet is a modern dietary pattern characterized by high intakes of pre-packaged
foods, refined grains, red meat, processed meat, high-sugar drinks, candy, sweets, fried …

Plant-based diets, defined here as including both vegan and lacto-ovo-vegetarian diets, are
growing in popularity throughout the Western world for various reasons, including concerns …

Western societies notice an increasing interest in plant-based eating patterns such as
vegetarian and vegan, yet potential effects on the body and brain are a matter of debate …

Background Plant-based diets have been recommended to reduce the risk of type 2
diabetes (T2D). However, not all plant foods are necessarily beneficial. We examined the …

New dietary strategies have been created to treat overweight and obesity and have become
popular and widely adopted. Nonetheless, they are mainly based on personal impressions …

Vegetarians, who do not eat any meat, poultry or fish, constitute a significant minority of the
world's population. Lacto-ovo-vegetarians consume dairy products and/or eggs, whereas …

Context Although a recent meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials showed that
adoption of a vegetarian diet reduces plasma lipids, the association between vegetarian …

The aim of the present study is to assess the comparative efficacy of different dietary
approaches on glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using a systematic …

Methods PubMed, EMBASE and UpToDate databases were searched through September
22, 2014, and investigators extracted data regarding study characteristics and assessed …

Background Vegetarian diets exclude all animal flesh and are being widely adopted by an
increasing number of people; however, effects on blood lipid concentrations remain unclear …