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A healthy omnivorous diet can lead to comparable clinical lab outcomes as a healthy vegan diet.
Health professionals can recommend a healthy omnivorous diet as an alternative to vegan diets for similar health outcomes.
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Vegan diets are often encouraged for their health promoting benefits; however, a healthy omnivorous diet can lead to comparable clinical lab outcomes.
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Abstract P222: Consuming a Vegan Diet Compared to Omnivore Diet Leads to No Significant Changes in Serum TMAO, Fasting Glucose, Insulin, or Vitamin B12: The Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS) Randomized Controlled Trial
Catherine P Ward et al. · Circulation · 2023
DOI 10.1161/circ.147.suppl_1.p222
rct · n=44
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