Exploring Benefits and Barriers of Plant-Based Diets: Health, Environmental Impact, Food Accessibility and Acceptability by Giulia Viroli, Aliki Kalmpourtzidou, Hellas Cena

“…However, plant-based diets have wide intra differences; varying from vegan diets that totally exclude meat and animal products to traditional ones such as the Mediterranean diet and the new Nordic diet. …”
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Classification of Tempeh Maturity Using Decision Tree and Three Texture Features by - Istiadi, - Faqih, Aviv Yuniar Rahman, Dean Ariesta Aziz, April Lia Hananto, Sarina Sulaiman, Candra Zonyfar

“…Even today, tempe is around the world, and vegans around the world use tempeh as a meat substitute. …”
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Investigating Orthorexia Nervosa With the ORTO-R in a Sample of University Students With or Without Subthreshold Autism Spectrum: Focus on Dietary Habits and Gender Differences by Liliana Dell'Osso, Ivan Mirko Cremone, Ilaria Chiarantini, Alessandro Arone, Danila Casagrande, Gabriele Massimetti, Claudia Carmassi, Barbara Carpita

“…Females and subjects following a vegetarian/vegan diet reported significantly higher ORTO-R scores than males and than subjects following an omnivorous diet, respectively. …”
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Current nutritional guidelines in terms of the effect on gut microbiota and human health considering the WHO and FAO recommendations by Barbora Růžičková, Pavel Kohout

“…Nordic) and by social trends (e.g. vegan). The evaluation summarises that high-fibre diets have tremendous benefits on human health. …”
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Development of Plant-Based Adipose Tissue Analogs: Freeze-Thaw and Cooking Stability of High Internal Phase Emulsions and Gelled Emulsions by Xiaoyan Hu, David Julian McClements

“…There is great interest in the development of plant-based alternatives to meat products to meet the rising demand from vegans, vegetarians, and flexitarians. Ideally, these products should look, feel, taste, and behave like the meat products they are designed to replace. …”
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Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies. by Key, T, Fraser, G, Thorogood, M, Appleby, P, Beral, V, Reeves, G, Burr, M, Chang-Claude, J, Frentzel-Beyme, R, Kuzma, J, Mann, J, McPherson, K

“…Further categorization of diets showed that, in comparison with regular meat eaters, mortality from ischemic heart disease was 20% lower in occasional meat eaters, 34% lower in people who ate fish but not meat, 34% lower in lactoovovegetarians, and 26% lower in vegans. There were no significant differences between vegetarians and nonvegetarians in mortality from cerebrovascular disease, stomach cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, or all other causes combined.…”

Microbiological and physicochemical evaluation on the fermentation of water kefir using brown sugar and palm sugar by Sin, Phin Yin, Tan, Suat Hian, Mohd Fazli, Farida Asras, Lee, Chin Mei, Lee, Thong Chuan

“…Therefore, present work aimed to develop a non-dairy probiotic water kefir beverage using brown sugar and palm sugar that is suitable to be consumed by vegans and consumers with lactose intolerance and milk allergies. …”
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Omega−3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs): Emerging Plant and Microbial Sources, Oxidative Stability, Bioavailability, and Health Benefits—A Review by Ramesh Kumar Saini, Parchuri Prasad, Reddampalli Venkataramareddy Sreedhar, Kamatham Akhilender Naidu, Xiaomin Shang, Young-Soo Keum

“…Thus, these microbial sources are currently used for the commercial production of vegan EPA and DHA. Considering the nutritional and commercial importance of n−3 PUFAs, this review critically discusses the nutritional aspects of commercially exploited sources of n−3 PUFAs from plants, microalgae, macroalgae, and thraustochytrids. …”
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Dietary Risk Factors and Eating Behaviors in Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) by Andrea Leonardo Cecchini, Federico Biscetti, Maria Margherita Rando, Elisabetta Nardella, Giovanni Pecorini, Luis H. Eraso, Paul J. Dimuzio, Antonio Gasbarrini, Massimo Massetti, Andrea Flex

“…We comprehensively reviewed the role of well-studied diets (Mediterranean, vegetarian/vegan, low-carbohydrate ketogenic and intermittent fasting diet) and prevalent eating behaviors (emotional and binge eating, night eating and sleeping disorders, anorexia, bulimia, skipping meals, home cooking and fast/ultra-processed food consumption) on the traditional risk factors of PAD. …”
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Effects of Nutritional Interventions in the Control of Musculoskeletal Pain: An Integrative Review by Carolina Rodrigues Mendonça, Matias Noll, Maria Clara Rezende Castro, Erika Aparecida Silveira

“…Among these, a reduction of musculoskeletal pain with different types of nutritional interventions, such as vegan and Mediterranean diets and the consumption of blueberry, strawberry, passion fruit peel extract, argan oil, fish oil (omega-3), olive oil, and undenatured type II collagen and vitamin D gel capsules, was observed in 14 studies. …”
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Critical Perspective of Animal Production Specialists on Cell-Based Meat in Brazil: From Bottleneck to Best Scenarios by Marina S. Heidemann, Cesar A. Taconeli, Germano G. Reis, Giuliana Parisi, Carla F. M. Molento

“…Specialists who were women (62.5%; 170/272), veterinarians (76.8%; 209/272), vegetarians (7.0%; 19/272) and vegans (1.1%; 3/272) were more supportive of cell-based meat. …”
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Parental Nutritional Knowledge and Type of Diet as the Key Factors Influencing the Safety of Vegetarian Diets for Children Aged 12–36 Months by Malgorzata Kostecka, Julianna Kostecka, Izabella Jackowska, Katarzyna Iłowiecka

“…Mothers raising children on a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet had the highest nutritional knowledge scores (15.8 points on average), whereas control group mothers and women raising children on a vegan diet had the lowest nutritional knowledge scores (average of 13.6 points). …”
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Dietary Interventions in the Management of Fibromyalgia: A Systematic Review and Best-Evidence Synthesis by Ethan Lowry, Joanne Marley, Joseph G. McVeigh, Emeir McSorley, Philip Allsopp, Daniel Kerr

“…Significant improvements in reported pain were observed for those following a vegan diet, as well as with the low fermentable oligo di-mono-saccharides and polyols (FODMAP) diets. …”
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Iron Deficiency in Vegetarian and Omnivorous Individuals: Analysis of 1340 Individuals by Eric Slywitch, Carine Savalli, Antonio Cláudio Goulart Duarte, Maria Arlete Meil Schimith Escrivão

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the serum levels of ferritin and the prevalence of iron deficiency in vegan and omnivorous individuals by taking into account the presence of elements that cause an elevation of ferritin levels, such as increased homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), body mass index (BMI), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) values. …”
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Restrictive Diets in Patients with Fibromyalgia: State of the Art by Miriam Almirall, Marta Musté, Mayte Serrat, Rafael Touriño, Esther Espartal, Sara Marsal

“…In this systematic review, we used the PRISMA guidelines to select the main studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of restrictive diets, including elimination and vegetarian diets, in patients with Fibromyalgia. Data on vegetarian/vegan diets are more consistent than data on elimination diets due to higher quality and better results of the published studies. …”
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Unveiling the Remarkable Antioxidant Activity of Plant-Based Fish and Seafood Analogs through Electrochemical Sensor Analysis by Gabriella Magarelli, Cínthia Caetano Bonatto, Gabriela Mendes da Rocha Vaz, Victoria Baggi Mendonça Lauria, Luciano Paulino Silva

“…The global consumption of vegan foods is experiencing an expressive upward trend, underscoring the critical need for quality control measures based on nutritional and functional considerations. …”
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High Performance Liquid Chromatography Analysis and Description of Purine Content of Diets Suitable for Dogs with <i>Leishmania</i> Infection during Allopurinol Treatment—A Pilot T... by Melanie Kaempfle, Michèle Bergmann, Petra Koelle, Katrin Hartmann

“…For this, the purine bases adenine, guanine, xanthine, and hypoxanthine were determined by standardised high performance liquid chromatography in commercially available urinary diets (n = 4), kidney diets (n = 2), low protein diets (n = 3), 1 vegan diet, 1 regular diet for healthy adult dogs, and 1 homemade low purine diet. …”
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Therapeutic Implications of Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Related Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases by Yan Jiang, Karolin Jarr, Cosima Layton, Christopher D. Gardner, Judith F. Ashouri, Maria T. Abreu, Sidhartha R. Sinha

“…Mediterranean, vegetarian/vegan, and reduced-calorie/fasting diets have been studied and have shown some positive results in other IMIDs, which may suggest potential applicability to those with IBD, but larger, well-designed clinical trials are needed for further guidance. …”
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Development of High-Moisture Meat Analogues with Hemp and Soy Protein Using Extrusion Cooking by Izalin Zahari, Ferawati Ferawati, Amanda Helstad, Cecilia Ahlström, Karolina Östbring, Marilyn Rayner, Jeanette K. Purhagen

“…The interest in plant-based products is growing in Western countries, mostly due to health and environmental issues that arise from the consumption and production of animal-based food products. Many vegan products today are made from soy, but drawbacks include the challenges of cultivating soy in colder climates such as northern Europe. …”
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Alternative Fermented Soy-Based Beverage: Impact of Inulin on the Growth of Probiotic Strains and Starter Culture by Wellison Amorim Pereira, Anna C. M. Piazentin, Thamires M. S. da Silva, Carlos M. N. Mendonça, Elias Figueroa Villalobos, Attilio Converti, Ricardo Pinheiro S. Oliveira

“…The number of people with dietary restrictions on dairy products has increased significantly due to lactose intolerance/allergy or adoption of vegan diets. Organic acid-producing probiotics have been used in fermented beverages, such as those based on soy, with good results. …”
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