Mixed
Substituting plant-based meats for animal meats for 8 weeks does not significantly improve biomarkers of inflammation in generally healthy adults.
Swapping animal meat for plant-based meat alternatives for 8 weeks is unlikely to reduce your inflammation markers if your overall diet remains unchanged. These products are often ultra-processed, which may negate potential benefits. Focus on whole, unprocessed plant foods rather than just substituting meat analogues.
Overall, none of the change scores between the two diet phases were significantly different... These results do not support our hypothesis, that biomarkers of inflammation would improve during the plant-based meat diet.
Why this rating
Randomized crossover trial with good adherence and blinding, but short duration and specific product limitations.
Source
Assessing the effects of alternative plant-based meats<i>v</i>. animal meats on biomarkers of inflammation: a secondary analysis of the SWAP-MEAT randomized crossover trial
Anthony Crimarco et al. · Journal of Nutritional Science · 2022
DOI 10.1017/jns.2022.84
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