Trial reportAnnals of medicine2024
Bowel health, defecation patterns and nutrient intake following adoption of a vegan diet: a randomized-controlled trial.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of an eight-week isocaloric vegan dietary intervention on hemogram parameters and lymphocyte subsets: a randomized-controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2026Trial
- Mycotoxin exposure following an eight-week vegan or meat-rich dietary intervention: a randomized-controlled trial.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Boron Intake and 24-hour Urinary Excretion in Long-term Omnivores, Vegetarians and Vegans: a Cross-sectional Study.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- The culinary medicine elective "Prospective Physicians For Fibre" improves fibre intake and nutrition knowledge in German medical students.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- The German LAKE-score reliably predicts urinary and dietary potential renal acid load: a three-armed translational study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Recent Progress in Exploring Dietary Nutrition and Dietary Patterns in Periodontitis with a Focus on SCFAs.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Evaluation of commercial diets on fecal consistency and defecation frequency in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) with chronic intermittent idiopathic diarrhea.Laboratory animal research · 2025Article
- Supplementation Behavior and Expenditures in Healthy German Vegans, Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians and Omnivores: A Cross-Sectional Study.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Article
- Analyzing dietary exposure to critical nutrients on a plant-based diet using the food- and total nutrient index.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe beneficial effects of a plant-based diet on gut microbiota diversity are well documented, however, its impact on clinical bowel health and defecation patterns are less well understood. Vegetarian diets have been associated with a higher bowel movement (BM) frequency as well as softer stools in cross-sectional studies. The effects of the de-novo adoption of a vegan diet on bowel health, however, have never been investigated in a randomized-controlled trial. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe present study examined bowel health and defecation patterns in relation to diet and nutrient intake in a young and healthy sample of
resultsWeekly BM frequency slightly increased in vegans, whereas it remained unaltered in participants assigned to a meat-rich diet. Fiber intake increased significantly in vegans (34.89 (18.46) g/d) whereas it decreased in those assigned to the meat-rich group (22.79 (12.5) g/d). No significant intergroup differences in BSFS and CCFIS patterns were observed. Adoption of a vegan diet neither resulted in a transient increase in abdominal discomfort nor in a decreased gastrointestinal quality of life, which was comparable across the diet groups.
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