The important article by Stattin et al. (1) provides further evidence that insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) may play a key role in the development of prostate cancer. Prediagnostic levels of serum IGF-I were, on average, 7% higher in men who subsequently developed prostate cancer compared with healthy individuals, a result similar to that found in the Physicians’ Health Study (2). Circulati...

The purpose of this study was to investigate influences, motives and adherence factors explaining why men choose adhere a meatless (vegan, vegetarian or pescetarian) diet. An online survey distributed through social media, yielding 544 international respondents with information on sociodemographics, values, main barriers, motivation influence towards lifestyle choice. open question gathered qua...

Estudo objetiva mapear publicações brasileiras que abordam a influência da alimentação plant-based e sua relação com saúde humana. Trata-se de protocolo revisão escopo segue as orientações do Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI), cujos critérios inclusão serão artigos nacionais publicados nos últimos cinco anos, na íntegra disponíveis gratuitamente nas bases dados Lilacs via BVS, Medline fonte Literat...

This document explains diversity related methods in vegan. The methods are briefly described, and the equations used them are given often in more detail than in their help pages. The methods discussed include common diversity indices and rarefaction, families of diversity indices, species abundance models, species accumulation models and beta diversity, extrapolated richness and probability of ...

It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Approximately 2.5% of adults in the United States and 4% of adults in Canada follow vegetarian diets. A vegetarian diet is defined as one that does not ...

ABSTRACT Objective To determine the dietary and sociodemographic profile of vegetarian women childbearing age (18 49 years) from Valle de Aburrá Metropolitan Area in 2021-2022 Methods Through an online survey, 232 vegan to were surveyed regarding their characteristics, amount time following this eating pattern and, type reason for choosing vegetarianism, physical activity, use nutritional suppl...

Abstract Purpose Diets other than those recommended by professionals, referred to in the present paper as “pseudo-diets”, can endanger health of people who follow them. It is therefore worth assessing why begin such diets, information they rely on, and effects experience. Materials Methods We surveyed compared following two pseudo-diets: a ketogenic-like diet (KLD) vegan-like (VLD). The diets a...

The food system plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change. Even if fossil fuel emissions are halted immediately, current trends global systems may prevent the achieving of Paris Agreement’s targets. high degree variability and uncertainty involved calculating diet-related greenhouse gas limits ability to evaluate reduction potentials remain below warming 1.5 or 2 degrees. This study ass...