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Participants on the healthy vegan diet lost more body weight after 8 weeks compared to those on the healthy omnivorous diet (-1.9 vs. -0.29 kg).
Adopting a vegan diet may facilitate greater weight loss compared to an omnivorous diet.
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Participants on the healthy vegan diet also had decreased their body weight more after 8 weeks (-1.9 vs. -0.29 kg, 95% CI: 0.9-3.0).
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Abstract MP64: Impact of a Vegan Diet Compared to Omnivorous Diet on Blood Lipids and Weight Among Identical Twins: The Twins Nutrition Study (TwiNS) Randomized Controlled Trial
Matthew J. Landry et al. · Circulation · 2023
DOI 10.1161/circ.147.suppl_1.mp64
rct · n=44
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