Can a plant-based diet be appropriate for a nutritional level?

Topline:

Vegetarian / vegan diets can be nutritionally adequate and provide long -term health benefits, advice from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics said.

METHODOLOGY:

• Members of the Expert Panel and Methodologists of the Academy Evidence Analysis Center created research issues and eligibility and systematically identified and summarized evidence on the existing proofs on vegetarian and vegan food models and the results for health using standard methods.
• After systematic examination, the members of the panel identified areas of professional practice which can be controversial, confusing or important for policies, including the way of ensuring the quality of the diet and preventing nutrients and how to facilitate Vegetarian and vegan food models in specific populations and environments.
• The post document was approved by the Academy’s research committee and the board of directors.

TAKE AWAY:

• Vegetarian diets exclude meat, poultry and seafood, and vegan diets exclude all animal foods.
• In adults, properly planned vegetarian and vegan diets can be nutritionally adequate and provide long -term health benefits, such as improving several health results associated with cardiometabolic disease.
• The position document includes details on healthy vegetarian and vegan food models, including macro and micronutrients, and on the effects of these food models on disease management.
• Dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetics technicians can work with patients to create vegetarian and vegan dietary models on the lifestyle, balanced nutrition and adapted to culture and culture.

IN PRACTICE:

“Vegetarian and vegan diets appropriately can be adequate nutritionally and can provide long -term health benefits such as improving several health results associated with cardiometabolic diseases,” wrote the authors of the position.

SOURCE:

Directed by Sudha Raj, PHD, professor at the University of Syracuse, Syracuse, New York, the post document was published online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

BOUNDARIES:

A large part of the evidence from the examinations included in the position document was noted as a low or very low quality. In addition, the systematic journals included have been reported on associations between vegetarian or vegan food models and the incidence of hypertension, overweight / obesity or myocardial infarction.

Disclosure:

Systematic journals that informed the position document were funded by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Foundation and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics of the Group of Dietary Practice . A co-author was an unpaid member of the Nutrigenomix Inc Scientific Advisory Council, from 2013-2021. The other authors had no potential conflict to disclose.