ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2016
Flexitarian Diets and Health: A Review of the Evidence-Based Literature.
Review in Frontiers in nutrition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03999632 (Effects of Aquatic Plant Protein Source Wolffia Globosa), which is not on this map. Cited by 73 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Aquatic Plant Protein Source Wolffia Globosa (Mankai) on Weight Loss, Cardiometabolic State, and Patient's Satisfaction During the Preoperative Dietary Intervention Period in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery.
Who cites it
73 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 254 citations in OpenAlex.
- Reducing meat and/or dairy consumption in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effects on protein intake, anthropometric values, and body composition.Nutrition reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Food-induced anaphylaxis to plant allergens in adolescents and adults: Data from the allergy Vigilance Network (2002-2024).The World Allergy Organization journal · 2026Article
- Gut Microbiota as an Innovative Therapeutic Target in Cardiovascular Diseases from a Metabolic and Inflammatory Perspective.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Efficacy, Tolerability, and Microbiome Effects Toward Personalized Management.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2026Review
- Protein Paradox: Protein Quality Based on Amino Acids Composition is Poorly Associated with Health Outcomes.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Factors associated with vegetarian orientation among Seoul citizens: focusing on food literacy and sociodemographic characteristics.Nutrition research and practice · 2026Article
- Provegetarian Food Pattern and Obesity Among Saudi Non-Pregnant Females of Reproductive Age.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- What's Next for Microalgae Oil? A Scientific Mapping for Saturated Fatty Acids.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and socio-economic disparities in vegetarianism and flexitarianism over 15 years: the Dutch Lifelines Cohort.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Vegetarianísh-How "Flexitarian" Eating Patterns Are Defined and Their Role in Global Food-Based Dietary Guidance.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Publicly tasting cultivated meat and socially constructing perceived value politics and identity.NPJ science of food · 2025Article
- Vegan and vegetarian males and females have higher orthorexic traits than omnivores, and are motivated in their food choice by factors including ethics and weight control.Nutrition and health · 2025Article
- Planetary health diet, mediterranean diet and micronutrient intake adequacy in the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Energy and Macronutrient Dietary Intakes of Vegetarian and Semi-Vegetarian Serbian Adults: Data from the EFSA EU Menu Food Consumption Survey (2017-2022).Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Pulse Proteins: Processing, Nutrition, and Functionality in Foods.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Hybrid Flexitarian Pork Loin Steak Combined with Different Plant Ingredients.Food science of animal resources · 2025Article
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- Reducing meat consumption: Results from a German survey on attitudes, behaviour and willingness to change among adults.PloS one · 2025Article
- Diet Quality and Past Changes in Food Consumption as Determinants of Intentions to Eat Less Meat and More Plant-Based Foods.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Hybrid Meat Sausages with Cereal Ingredients: A Systematic Review and Development Trial with the Assessment of Physicochemical and Sensory Attributes.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
13 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
A flexitarian or semi-vegetarian diet (SVD) is one that is primarily vegetarian with the occasional inclusion of meat or fish. Of late, there appears to be an increasing movement toward this practice. There has not been a recent update on these diets from a health perspective. Using the National Centre for Biotechnology Information PubMed database, a search was made for all studies published between 2000 and 2016 that met defined inclusion criteria. A total of 25 studies were located with 12 focusing on body weight and diet quality. There was emerging evidence suggestive of benefits for body weight, improved markers of metabolic health, blood pressure, and reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. SVD may also have a role to play in the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn's disease. Given that there is a higher tendency for females to be flexitarian yet males are more likely to overconsume meat, there is a clear need to communicate the potential health benefits of these diets to males.
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