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Reduced dietary acid load in U.S. vegetarian adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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- Vegan Diet Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Hyperuricemia.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Reduced dietary acid load in U.S. vegetarian adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Nutrient Intake and Dietary Acid Load of Special Diets in the NHANES: A Descriptive Analysis (2009-2018).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Dietary acid load (DAL) is an important determinant of systemic pH and acid-base homeostasis. Diets abundant in acidogenic foods, such as meat and meat products, induce a low-grade metabolic acidosis state that has been associated with cardiovascular disease, type-2-diabetes, and an increased cancer risk. Fruits and vegetables have alkalizing properties and beneficially affect DAL. It has thus been suggested that a plant-based diet (restricting or excluding animal products) may be a powerful tool in reducing DAL; yet studies in that particular field are scarce. To explore these associations in greater detail, we examined DAL in self-identified vegetarians from the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007-2010). We compared dietary intake and two widely used markers of DAL (PRAL (potential renal acid load) and NEAP (net endogenous acid production; NEAP
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