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ReviewClinical kidney journal2023

Plant-based diets for CKD patients: fascinating, trendy, but feasible? A green nephrology perspective.

Massimo Torreggiani, Antioco Fois, Françoise Lippi, Rossella Attini, Elisa Longhitano, Ida Matarazzo, Bianca Masturzo, Gianfranca Cabiddu, Elisabetta Versino, Giorgina Barbara Piccoli

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Review in Clinical kidney journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Green, Sustainable Nephrology: State of the Art Needs for Education and Implementation.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Massimo TorreggianiNéphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 Avenue Rubillard, Le Mans, France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5561-948X
Antioco FoisNéphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 Avenue Rubillard, Le Mans, France.
Françoise LippiNéphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 Avenue Rubillard, Le Mans, France.
Rossella AttiniDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Ospedale Sant'Anna, Torino, Italy.
Elisa LonghitanoNéphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 Avenue Rubillard, Le Mans, France.
Ida MatarazzoNéphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 Avenue Rubillard, Le Mans, France.
Bianca MasturzoDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ospedale Degli Infermi, Biella, Italy.
Gianfranca CabidduNephrology, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
Elisabetta VersinoDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Giorgina Barbara PiccoliNéphrologie et Dialyse, Centre Hospitalier Le Mans, 194 Avenue Rubillard, Le Mans, France.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate change is inducing us to rethink our way of life. There is widespread awareness that we need to adopt environmentally friendly approaches and reduce the amount of waste we generate. In medicine, nephrology was one of the first specialties to adopt a green approach. Plant-based or vegan-vegetarian diets, which are planet-friendly and associated with a reduced carbon footprint, were rapidly acknowledged as a valid method for reducing protein intake in the conservative management of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, how the transition from an omnivorous to a plant-based diet should be managed is not universally agreed; there is little data in the literature and indications based on randomized trials fail to consider feasibility and patients' preferences. Nonetheless, in some conditions the use of plant-based diets has proved safe and effective. For example, in CKD pregnancies, it has reduced unfavorable maternal and fetal outcomes. This review will present the available evidence on the benefits of plant-based diets in CKD, as well as old and new criticisms of their use, including emerging issues, such as contaminants, additives and pesticides, from a green nephrology perspective.

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additivescarbon footprintlow-protein dietpesticidespregnancy

Identifiers

PMID37007696
PMCPMC10061440

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