26 Feb Both Vegetarian and Mediterranean Diets Beneficial for Weight Loss and Heart Health

Posted at 20:43h in AHA Journals, Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Mediterranean Diet, Nutrition, Vegetarians, Weight Research by

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
“Vegetarian dan dan noodles” by Andrea Nguyen is licensed under CC BY 2.0Francesco Sofi, MD PhD
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
University of Florence, Florence, Italy; Clinical Nutrition Unit, Careggi University Hospital
Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation Italy, Onlus IRCCS
Florence, Italy 

MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?

Response: Mediterranean and Vegetarian diets are two of the most beneficial dietary patterns for prevention of chronic degenerative diseases.

No studies have been conducted in the same group of subjects, by comparing these two dietary profiles.

Main results are that both diets have been found to be beneficial for cardiovascular prevention, in the same group of subjects at low risk of cardiovascular disease.

In particular, vegetarian diet determined a reduction of total and LDL-cholesterol, whereas Mediterranean diet resulted in lower levels of triglycerides and some inflammatory parameters

MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report?

Response: Both diets, if well conducted and supervised, are beneficial for weight loss and for reducing cardiovascular risk. 

MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this work? 

Response: There is a need for further and larger studies to confirm these preliminary results. 

No disclosures 

Citations:

Low-Calorie Vegetarian Versus Mediterranean Diets for Reducing Body Weight and Improving Cardiovascular Risk Profile: CARDIVEG Study (Cardiovascular Prevention With Vegetarian Diet)
Francesco Sofi, Monica Dinu, Giuditta Pagliai, Francesca Cesari, Anna Maria Gori, Alice Sereni, Matteo Becatti, Claudia Fiorillo, Rossella Marcucci, Alessandro Casinihttps://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030088
Circulation. 2018;CIRCULATIONAHA.117.030088
Originally published February 26, 2018

 

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Last Updated on February 26, 2018 by Marie Benz MD FAAD

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