Vegan diet bests Mediterranean diet for weight loss and cutting harmful inflammatory dietary compounds, finds new research
Eating a low-fat vegan diet reduces harmful inflammatory dietary compounds called advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73%, compared to no reduction on a Mediterranean diet, according to new research by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in Frontiers in Nutrition.
The decrease in AGEs on the vegan diet was associated with an average weight loss of 13 pounds, compared with no change on the Mediterranean diet.
The reduction of dietary AGEs on the low-fat vegan diet came mainly from excluding the consumption of meat (41%), minimizing the consumption of added fats (27%), and avoiding dairy products (14%).
“The study helps bust the myth that a Mediterranean diet is best for weight loss,” says lead study author Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD, director of clinical research at the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. “Choosing a low-fat vegan diet that avoids the dairy and oil so common in the Mediterranean diet helps reduce intake of harmful advanced glycation end-products leading to significant weight loss.”
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