A 48 ‐Hour Vegan Diet Challenge in Healthy Women and Men Induces a BRANCH‐Chain Amino Acid Related, Health Associated, Metabolic Signature

Conclusions: The vegan diet lowered triglycerides, insulin and homeostatic model assessment (HOMA‐IR), bile acids, elevated magnesium levels, and changed branched‐chain amino acids (BCAAs) metabolism (p<0.05), potentiating insulin and blood sugar control after 48 hours. Cholesterol control improved significantly in the vegan verses omnivorous diets. Plasma amino acid and magnesium concentrations positively correlated with dietary amino acids. Polyunsaturated fatty acids and dietary fiber inversely correlated with insulin, HOMA‐IR and triglycerides. Nutritional biochemistries, BCAAs, insulin and HOMA‐IR were impacted by sexual dimorphism. A health‐promoting, BCAA‐associated metabolic signature was produced from a short‐term, healthy, controlled, vegan diet challenge when compared with a healthy, controlled, omnivorous diet.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved

Source: Nahrung / Food - October 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Colleen Fogarty Draper, Irene Vassallo, Alessandro Di Cara, Cristiana Milone, Ornella Comminetti, Irina Monnard, Jean ‐Philippe Godin, Max Scherer, MingMing Su, Wei Jia, Seu‐Ping Guiraud, Fabienne Praplan, Laurence Guignard, Corinne Ammon Zufferey, Ma Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research