ArticleNutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD2021
New-onset vegetarian diet shows differences in fatty acid metabolites in European American and African American women.
Article in Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Insights from omics research on plant-based diets and cardiometabolic health.Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM · 2025Review
- Serum metabolomic signatures of vegetarians relative to omnivores in a Chinese cohort: associations with cardiometabolic risk factors.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- A healthy plant-based diet was associated with slower cognitive decline in African American older adults: a biracial community-based cohort.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2022Article
- Individuality and ethnicity eclipse a short-term dietary intervention in shaping microbiomes and viromes.PLoS biology · 2022Article
- "Big Data" Approaches for Prevention of the Metabolic Syndrome.Frontiers in genetics · 2022Review
- The Safe and Effective Use of Plant-Based Diets with Guidelines for Health Professionals.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsThe type of fat consumed in animal-based western diets, typically rich in the saturated fat palmitate, has been implicated in cardiometabolic disease risk. In contrast, the most abundant mono- and polyunsaturated fats, more typical in a vegetarian or plant-based diet, potentiate less deleterious effects. This study determined differences in plasma and urine metabolites when switching from omnivorous to vegetarian diet, including metabolites involved in fatty acid utilization. METHODS AND
resultsA prospective cohort of 38 European (EA) and African American (AA) omnivorous females were matched by age (25.7 ± 5.3y) and BMI (22.4 ± 1.9 kg/m
conclusionThese data suggest improvements in fatty acid metabolism (oxidation vs storage), a key factor in energy homeostasis, may be promoted rapidly by adoption of a vegetarian (plant-based) diet. Mechanistic differences in response to diet interventions must be understood to effectively provide protection against the widespread development of obesity and cardiometabolic disease in population subgroups, such as AA women.
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