BACKGROUND The cardiovascular and other health benefits and potential harms of protein and micronutrient deficiency of vegetarian diets continue to be debated. METHODS Study participants included urban migrants, their rural siblings and urban residents (n = 6555, mean age - 40.9 yrs) of the Indian Migration Study from Lucknow, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Information on diet (validated in...

Dietary patterns established during adolescence might play a role in adulthood disease. We examined the stability of dietary patterns (DPs) from childhood through adolescence and into young adulthood (from age 8 to 34 years). Data from 130 participants (53 females) of Saskatchewan Pediatric Bone Mineral Accrual Study (aged 8-15 years, at baseline) were included. Multiple 24-h recalls were colle...

Mild hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease and may result from a deficiency of folate, vitamin B-6 or vitamin B-12. Because vitamin B-12 deficiency is often associated with vegetarianism, this study was designed to examine the effect of Taiwanese vegetarian diets on B-vitamin status and plasma homocysteine levels. Female Buddhist lacto-vegetarians (n = 45...

BACKGROUND Three prospective studies have examined the mortality of vegetarians in Britain. OBJECTIVE We describe these 3 studies and present preliminary results on mortality from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Oxford (EPIC-Oxford). DESIGN The Health Food Shoppers Study and the Oxford Vegetarian Study were established in the 1970s and 1980s, respectively; e...

BACKGROUND There is limited evidence with regard to the effect of different sources of protein on appetite during weight loss. Vegetarian and meat-based high-protein diets may have contrasting effects on appetite and biomarkers of protein-induced satiety. OBJECTIVE The aim was to assess appetite response to meat or vegetarian high-protein weight-loss (HPWL) diets in obese men to monitor plasm...

Recent studies have reported an association between vegetarian diet and depression, although results been inconsistent. This effect has most often attributed to nutritional deficits among vegetarians. An alternative possibility is that individuals who are trying reduce their meat intake experience cognitive dissonance related enjoying on the one hand being aware of ethical problems with eating ...

Abstract: Infantile Tremor Syndrome is a clinical state, characterized by anemia, skin depigmentation, tremors and developmental delay in children between age 5 months to 3 years. Nutritional deficiency one of the most accepted theories, usually seen among breastfeeding vegetarian mothers. The present case report describes demographic, clinical, laboratory profile treatment outcome infantile tr...