Comparative Study of Lipid Profile Levels in Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Person

Previous studies have suggested an association between vegetarian persons and non-vegetarian persons, although this relationship positive correlation significant. The present study was designed to investigate comparative study of lipid profile levels in vegetarian and nonvegetarian person. The lipid profile is used to determine the risk of obesity, heart disease in myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis and help in deciding treatment has borderline or high risk. the present study was undertaken to compare case and control produce effect on individuals lipid profile, the parameters of lipid metabolism i.e. cholesterol, tri-glyceride, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein of the age of 20-85 years and early aged 50 years and above males and females, divided categories i.e. vegetarian and nonvegetarian persons. the study was done on 20 cases in 10 control (non-vegetarians) and 10 cases (vegetarians) diet was significantly found to reduce the values of all the parameter lipid metabolism except HDL-Cholesterol(45.02± 9.595; p<0.0001).when these parameters were analyzed for the category of middle and old age, most of the lipid parameters total cholesterol (TC) including were significantly increase among Non-vegetarian (224.02 ± 18.85; p<0.0001 ) from this study, it can be concluded that along with diet, sex and age factor also influence parameters of lipid metabolism. Key wordsVegetarian persons, non-Vegetarian, Lipid profile . -------------------------------------------------IJLSSR----------------------------------------------INTRODUCTION A vegetarian diet pattern (VEG) is that where nothing implicating the death of animals should serve as food. Vegetarians do not eat meat or meat products, but may consume milk, dairy products and eggs. This diet, when appropriately planned and balanced, is healthful and provides health benefits, because it acts both in the prevention and in the treatment of diseases. 1 Vegetarian diets also comply with the guidelines for the treatment of diabetes, and studies indicate that they reduce the risk for type-2 diabetes. In the “Adventists Health Study”, the risk of development of diabetes among VEGs and OMNIs, adjusted for age, was implicated in the development of chronic diseases however; the mechanisms of action are not fully explained, particularly in relation to the cardiovascular risk. 1 and 1.97 for men, and 1 and 1.93 for women respectively. Received: 16September 2015/Revised: 06 October 2015/Accepted: 22 October 2015 Several clinical and epidemiological evidences show that diet is directly Table:1 Type of vegetarian diets 3 Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are growing contributors to global disease burdens, with epidemics of CVD advancing across many regions of the world which are experiencing a rapid health transition. Diet and nutrition have been extensively investigated as risk factors for major CVD like coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke and are also linked to other cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity4-6. The three types of vegetarian diets are: restricted or total: with no animal product in their food (this type is also called vegan) lacto Correspondence details *Manish Verma Department of Health & Medical Sciences Indigenous & Alternative System of Medicine SHIATS, Allahabad, U.P, India [email protected] Types Diet Demi-vegetarian (Semi-vegetarian) Occasionally eats meat/poultry/fish Pesco-vegetarian Excludes meat and poultry, but includes fish(and possibly other seafood) Lacto-ovo-vegetarian Excludes all fish foods includes dairy produce and eggs Ovo-vegetarian Excludes all fish foods and eggs includes dairy product Lacto-vegerarian Excludes all fish foods and eggs includes diary produce Vegan Avoids all foods of animal origin Research Article (Open access) International Journal of Life-Sciences Scientific Research (IJLSSR), VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 http://ijlssr.com IJLSSR © 2015 All rights are reserved vegetarians: from animal products, only milk and by products are included; and lactoovo which also allows the inclusion of eggs.7 Cholesterol is transported in the blood by lipoproteins. Among them are: very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), low density lipoproteins (LDL), and high density lipoproteins (HDL). Differently from VLDL and LDL, HDL does not contain the apolipoprotein B100,which is recognized by the tissues. Therefore, HDL reports fully distinctive behavior and function as compared to the others. It is responsible for reverse transportation, carrying basically the cholesterol from tissues to the liver8, and therefore helps protect individuals against atherosclerosis. Therefore, if an individual reports high ratio between high density and low density lipoproteins, the probability of developing atherosclerosis is significantly reduced9. MATERIALS & METHODS