Vegetarian Diets in the Prevention and Management of Diabetes and Its Complications

From Research to Practice

Diabetes Spectrum 2017 May; 30(2): 82-88. https://doi.org/10.2337/ds16-0057

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FIGURE 1.
Creatinine clearance before and after adoption of an amino acid– supplemented vegan diet. Reprinted from ref. 18 with permission of S. Karger AG, Basel.

TABLE 1.

Effect of a Vegan Diet on Traditional CVD Risk Factors.

Risk Factor	Baseline	After 22 Weeks of Vegan Diet
Body weight (kg)	97	91.1
BMI (kg/m²)	33.9	31.8
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	123.8	120
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	77.9	72.8
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	187	159.3
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	104.4	88
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	148.1	119.7