Transitioning from a non-vegetarian to a vegetarian diet provides health advantages
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Transitioning to a vegetarian or plant-based diet provides numerous health advantages, including improved cardiometabolic profiles, better weight management, and a reduced risk of chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease.
Evidence for · 6
Benefits and barriers to the consumption of a vegetarian diet in Australia
2003 · cited by 176
Consumers widely perceive health benefits such as weight control and decreased saturated fat intake from adopting a vegetarian diet.
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Plant-Based Nutrition: Exploring Health Benefits for Atherosclerosis, Chronic Diseases, and Metabolic Syndrome—A Comprehensive Review
2023 · cited by 83
A plant-based diet helps mitigate risk factors associated with chronic non-communicable diseases, atherosclerosis, and metabolic syndrome.
Ameliorating Chronic Kidney Disease Using a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet
2020 · cited by 81
A whole food plant-based diet offers benefits that slow the progression of chronic kidney disease and reduce cardiovascular risk factors.
Emerging EAT-Lancet planetary health diet is associated with major cardiovascular diseases and all-cause mortality: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.
2024 · cited by 49
Adhering to plant-based dietary patterns like the EAT-Lancet diet is significantly associated with reduced odds of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality.
Dietary intake, nutritional status, and health outcomes among vegan, vegetarian, and omnivorous Czech families
2025 · cited by 2
Plant-based diets provide cardiometabolic benefits, including more favorable cholesterol and cardiovascular health indices.
A Plant-Based Diet Prevents and Treats Chronic Kidney Disease
2019 · cited by 1
A low-protein vegetarian diet is safe and efficacious at both treating and slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease.