ArticleNutrients2015
High Vegetable Fats Intake Is Associated with High Resting Energy Expenditure in Vegetarians.
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- Pooled it
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of the associations of vegan and vegetarian diets with inflammatory biomarkers.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Vegetarian-Based Dietary Patterns and their Relation with Inflammatory and Immune Biomarkers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Pooled it
- Association of vegetarian diet with inflammatory biomarkers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Public health nutrition · 2017Pooled it
- Exploring the Link Between Plant-Based Diets and Resting Metabolic Rate in Women With Overweight and Obesity: Implications for Weight Management and Metabolic Health.Nutrition bulletin · 2026Article
- A Narrative Review of Weight Management Strategies: From Lifestyle Interventions to Emerging Pharmacotherapies.Journal of obesity · 2026Review
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- Effect of Plant-Based Diets on Energy Metabolism and Metabolic Functions.Current nutrition reports · 2025Review
- Comparison of dietary inflammatory index and inflammatory biomarkers between vegetarians and omnivores in Chinese population.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Vegetarian Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Position statement on nutrition therapy for overweight and obesity: nutrition department of the Brazilian association for the study of obesity and metabolic syndrome (ABESO-2022).Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2023Review
- Is It Feasible to Predict Cardiovascular Risk among Healthy Vegans, Lacto-/Ovo-Vegetarians, Pescatarians, and Omnivores under Forty?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Sarcopenia and Appendicular Muscle Mass as Predictors of Impaired Fasting Glucose/Type 2 Diabetes in Elderly Women.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Hydrothermotherapy in prevention and treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19.Medical hypotheses · 2021Review
- Effects of a Portfolio-Mediterranean Diet and a Mediterranean Diet with or without a Sterol-Enriched Yogurt in Individuals with Hypercholesterolemia.Endocrinology and metabolism (Seoul, Korea) · 2020Article
- Lower C-reactive protein and IL-6 associated with vegetarian diets are mediated by BMI.Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2018Article
- Cardio-Metabolic Benefits of Plant-Based Diets.Nutrients · 2017Review
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- A Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Is Effective for Weight Loss: The Evidence.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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11 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
It has been demonstrated that a vegetarian diet may be effective in reducing body weight, however, the underlying mechanisms are not entirely clear. We investigated whether there is a difference in resting energy expenditure between 26 vegetarians and 26 non-vegetarians and the correlation between some nutritional factors and inflammatory markers with resting energy expenditure. In this cross-sectional study, vegetarians and non-vegetarians were matched by age, body mass index and gender. All underwent instrumental examinations to assess the difference in body composition, nutrient intake and resting energy expenditure. Biochemical analyses and 12 different cytokines and growth factors were measured as an index of inflammatory state. A higher resting energy expenditure was found in vegetarians than in non-vegetarians (p = 0.008). Furthermore, a higher energy from diet, fibre, vegetable fats intake and interleukin-β (IL-1β) was found between the groups. In the univariate and multivariable analysis, resting energy expenditure was associated with vegetarian diet, free-fat mass and vegetable fats (p < 0.001; Slope in statistic (B) = 4.8; β = 0.42). After adjustment for cytokines, log10 interleukin-10 (IL-10) still correlated with resting energy expenditure (p = 0.02). Resting energy expenditure was positively correlated with a specific component of the vegetarian's diet, i.e., vegetable fats. Furthermore, we showed that IL-10 was positively associated with resting energy expenditure in this population.
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