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Whole food plant-based dietary patterns are becoming increasingly popular because of a variety of reported health benefits. A vegan dietary pattern is devoid of all animal products, whereas a vegetarian diet is typically a nonmeat diet, but can include milk products and eggs. All plants contain protein, but in variable amounts. Pound for pound (dry weight), vegetable protein-rich foods, such as legumes, contain as much or more protein than most animal foods, without the sodium or fat. [...] It is not necessary to intentionally combine or "complement" plant foods to obtain adequate protein (115). Although the quantities of essential amino acids vary from 1 food to another, nearly all plant-derived foods contain most of the essential amino acids. Including foods from a variety of plant sources can provide adequate quantities with careful diet planning.
[...] Most recently, a large prospective cohort study of U.S. health care professionals described the association between animal versus plant protein intake and mortality outcomes (136). This study showed increased all-cause and CV mortality with high animal protein intake (including processed red meat, unprocessed red meat, and eggs). High plant protein intake was inversely associated with mortality rates. These findings are consistent with recommendations to increase plant protein intake and substitute plant protein for animal protein.
Plant-based diets and ASCVD: the bottom lineEvidence indicates that a diet that is predominantly plant based is associated with improved ASCVD risk factors, reduced CHD progression, and beneficial effects on ASCVD. A whole food, plant-based dietary pattern plays an important role in ASCVD risk reduction.
[...] Available evidence supports CV benefits of nuts, olive oil and other liquid vegetable oils, plant-based diets and plant-based proteins, green leafy vegetables, and antioxidant-rich foods
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 04 2017, @12:56PM (2 children)
ASCVD? CVD is Cardio Vascular Disease?
CHD? Cardio Health Disease?
"(115), (136)"...just copy pasted from the article without minor editing?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 04 2017, @12:58PM
Looked it up:
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)
coronary heart disease (CHD)
Still hardly any idea what they mean.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Saturday March 04 2017, @12:59PM
Nope, it's the next generation, the descendant of CD and DVD - it's the Compact Versatile Disk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 04 2017, @12:57PM (2 children)
Beef and pork are two of the best tasting vegetables. Protein is definitely not the reason I eat them.
Wadda f* is wrong with ya? Aren't better thing in this life than "carefully diet planning"?
I prefer to spend a shorter but more meaningful and enjoyable life than waste a long time on the surface of this Earth felling miserable and eating bland, because, you see, "it's healthy".
(no, it's not a false dichotomy - a long life becomes boring after a while. My opinion: "long and enjoyable life" is an oxymoron).
(Score: 2) by LVDOVICVS on Saturday March 04 2017, @03:45PM
I would disagree that "long and enjoyable life" is an oxymoron. But this is predicated on the conviction that the nursing home will have ribs and filet mignon on the menu from time to time, and little to no tofu.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 04 2017, @11:32PM
Some people are very family-oriented and want to live long enough to see their great-grandchildren.
It appears that that is a low priority for you.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by HiThere on Saturday March 04 2017, @07:23PM (1 child)
In my experience vegetarians who aren't particularly careful about how they combine foods tend to be rather sickly. It's not that difficult, and I suppose that if you have tastes that naturally tend to combine things properly then you might not need to be careful. To say that "Although the quantities of essential amino acids vary from 1 food to another, nearly all plant-derived foods contain most of the essential amino acids." Is just misleading. It's true that when you follow that by " Including foods from a variety of plant sources can provide adequate quantities with careful diet planning." you end up with a true statement, but as stated it's so misleading that I can only consider it a lie. What that is really saying is that if you complement proteins from many different vegetables properly you won't have any problems, which is true, but does mean It is necessary to intentionally combine or "complement" plant foods to obtain adequate protein
P.S.: Dietary problems won't necessarily show up quickly. Don't trust a particular diet until you (or someone whose diet you very carefully follow) have followed it for, say, 3 years. (3 years is just a rough guess, but should suffice. 2 years might be enough, but I consider trust a strong term, and don't give it all that easily.) But get through at least two bad flu seasons, and three would be better.
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(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 05 2017, @12:20AM
It is necessary to intentionally combine or "complement" plant foods to obtain adequate protein
Yeah, I think that everybody knows that if you eat the -same- thing day after day, that's not good.
A nice variety is always advised.
N.B. A typical meal for me is a veggie medley.
My last several trips to the grocer, I got out the door with 10 days or more of food, having handed over less than $10 each time.
adequate quantities
Many folks think they need great gobs of protein. [google.com]
Not so.
In the first 10 items is a mention of Kenyan runners--y'know, the guys who are always winning the marathons.
As to the "bland" comment up-thread, that dude needs to try some Serrano chilis. 8-)
...and for those who are still wondering about this abbreviation:
JACC==Journal of the American College of Cardiology
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