{"id":14173,"date":"2019-09-17T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=14173"},"modified":"2019-09-10T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T14:54:07","slug":"scientific-updates-in-vegetarian-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/09\/17\/scientific-updates-in-vegetarian-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Updates in Vegetarian Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Each issue of Vegetarian\nJournal<\/em>, Reed Mangels, PhD, RD reviews scientific literature related to\nveggie diets. Topics in the latest issue include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VRG\u2019s Simply Vegan<\/em> Used in\nStudy that Examined Use of Vegan Diets in Coronary Artery Disease<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent study examined whether or not a vegan diet could\nhelp reduce chronic inflammation in people with coronary artery disease\u2026 Study\nparticipants all had partial blockage of one or more major blood vessels; a\nmajority had elevated cholesterol and blood pressure. Almost all were being\ntreated with medications. They were divided into two groups. Groups were\ninstructed to follow either an American Heart Association-recommended (AHA)\ndiet (less than 5-ounces of animal protein per day, fish more than twice a\nweek, only lowfat or non-fat dairy products) or a vegan diet for eight weeks.\nOne of the tools that was provided to subjects on the vegan diet was Simply Vegan<\/em>, by VRG\u2019s Debra Wasserman.\nThe AHA group received a copy of an AHA cookbook and other materials. At the\nend of the study, the vegan group had a significantly lower concentration of\nhigh-sensitivity C-reactive protein, an important marker of inflammation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegetarians and Gallbladder Disease<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of years ago (Vegetarian Journal<\/em>\nIssue 4, 2017), we reported on a study from the UK that found vegetarians were\nat a moderately higher risk (~22%) of developing symptomatic gallbladder\ndisease than were non-vegetarians. A recent study from Taiwan finds that\nvegetarian women, but not vegetarian men, are at a lower risk of symptomatic\ngallbladder disease compared to non-vegetarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To read the entire column, visit: https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\/vj2019issue3\/2019_issue3_scientific_update.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribe to Vegetarian Journal<\/em> in the USA only by visiting https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/member\/2013sv.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can also subscribe to the Kindle version of Vegetarian Journal<\/em> in the USA and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the USA,\nvisit: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544727482&sr=8-1&keywords=B07LBY2Y7K<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the\nUnited Kingdom, visit: https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B07LBY2Y7K\/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1544731957&sr=8-1&keywords=B07LBY2Y7K<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each issue of Vegetarian Journal, Reed Mangels, PhD, RD reviews scientific literature related to veggie diets. Topics in the latest issue include: VRG\u2019s Simply Vegan Used in Study that Examined Use of Vegan Diets in Coronary Artery Disease A recent study examined whether or not a vegan diet could help reduce chronic inflammation in people […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14175,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14173\/revisions\/14175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}