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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / April 2006Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss
Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss A scientific review in April's Nutrition Reviews shows that a vegetarian diet is highly effective for weight loss. Vegetarian populations tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters, and they experience lower rates of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and other life-threatening conditions linked to overweight and obesity. The new review, compiling data from 87 previous studies, shows the weight-loss effect does not depend on exercise or calorie-counting, and it occurs at a rate of approximately 1 pound per week. Rates of obesity in the general population are skyrocketing, while in vegetarians, obesity prevalence ranges from 0 percent to 6 percent, note study authors Susan E. Berkow, Ph.D., C.N.S., and Neal D. Barnard, M.D., of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The authors found that the body weight of both male and female vegetarians is, on average, 3 percent to 20 percent lower than that of meat-eaters. Vegetarian and vegan diets have also been put to the test in clinical studies, as the review notes. The best of these clinical studies isolated the effects of diet by keeping exercise constant. The researchers found that a low-fat vegan diet leads to weight loss of about 1 pound per week, even without additional exercise or limits on portion sizes, calories, or carbohydrates. "Our research reveals that people can enjoy unlimited portions of high-fiber foods such as fruits, vegetables, and whole grains to achieve or maintain a healthy body weight without feeling hungry," says Dr. Berkow, the lead author. "There is evidence that a vegan diet causes an increased calorie burn after meals, meaning plant-based foods are being used more efficiently as fuel for the body, as opposed to being stored as fat," says Dr. Barnard. Insulin sensitivity is increased by a vegan diet, allowing nutrients to more rapidly enter the cells of the body to be converted to heat rather than to fat. Earlier this month, a team of researchers led by Tim Key of Oxford University found that meat-eaters who switched to a plant-based diet gained less weight over a period of five years. Papers reviewed by Drs. Berkow and Barnard include several published by Dr. Key and his colleagues, as well as a recent study of more than 55,000 Swedish women showing that meat-eaters are more likely to be overweight than vegetarians and vegans. >From PCRM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2006, Science Blog. Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking Yep, malnourishment will do that. TC > Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss > [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > DEAD PEOPLE WALKING > http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking > Yep, malnourishment will do that. > > TC And so will "ample" vegetables and fruits. Fruit cake liars such as the twit ironjustice doesn't know that. >> Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss >> >> A scientific review in April's Nutrition Reviews shows that a >> vegetarian diet is highly effective for weight loss. Vegetarian >> populations tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters, Because they are unhealthy and amino acids (muscles) starved. > Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss Sure... if it's muscle loss. Low carbohydrate diets do the same. > Rates of obesity in the general population are skyrocketing, while in > vegetarians, obesity prevalence ranges from 0 percent to 6 percent, > note study authors Susan E. Berkow, Ph.D., C.N.S., and Neal D. Barnard, > M.D., of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). Haha, the PCRM. Nice try, k00k. Did you know that Carl Lewis was a Vegan and he had plenty of muscle >> Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Haha, the PCRM. Nice try, k00k. Athletes Vegan and Vegetarian Sports Personalities * Hank Aaron (home run champion in major league baseball) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * B J Armstrong (US Basketball star) * Al Beckles (body builder) * Sorya Bonali (ice skater) * Les Brown (veteran runner) * Peter Burwash (tennis) * Andreas Cahling (body builder) * Andreas Cahling (bodybuilder) * Chris Campbell (1980 world champion wrestler) * Joanna Conway (ice skater) * Sylvia Cranston (triathlete) * Sally Eastall (Marathon runner - UK No 2, vegan) * Di Edwards (runner, Olympic semi-finalist) * Katie Fitzgibbon (marathon runner) * Clare Francis (sailer) * Louis Freitas (body builder) * Carol Gould (marathon runner) * Estelle Gray (cyclist) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Sammy Green (runner) * Ruth Heidrich (3-time Ironman finisher, marathoner, age-group record holder, Pres. Vegetarian Society of Honolulu) (vegan) Source: personal acquaintance, also...her book--A Race for Life * Sally Hibberd (British Women's Mountain Bike Champion) * Sharon Hounsell (Miss Wales Bodybuilding Champion) * Desmond Howard (formerly w/Washington Redskins, now w/Jacksonville Jaguars) Source: PETA mailer * Roger Hughes (Welsh National Ski Champion) * David Johnson (BAA coach) * Kathy Johnson (Olympic Gymnast) * Alan Jones (British ski jumper) * Billie Jean King (tennis champion) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Killer Kowalski (wrestler) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Jack LaLanne (Fitness guru) (vegan) * Donnie LaLonde (Former Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. (Lost title to Sugar Ray Leonard)) Source: Article in San Jose Mercury News * Tony LaRussa (Manager of St. Louis Cardinals - US team) Source: PETA, Animals Agenda, Animals Voice, Veg Times, others * Silken Laumann (Olympic rower) Source: Cooking Television Show * Judy Leden (British, European & World Hang Gliding champion) * Marv Levey (Buffalo Bills Coach) * Jutta Müller (multiple Windsurfing World Cup Champion) Source: Flutlicht 95/6/18 on Südwest 3 (German TV program) * Jack Maitland (triathlete and fell runner) * Cheryl Marek (cyclist) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Leslie Marx (fencer;1996 woman's epee national champion) * Kirsty McDermott (runner) * Lindford McFarquar (body builder) * Robert Millar (cyclist) * Katherine Monbiot (world champion arm wrestler and nutritionist) (vegan) Source: The Vegan Society UK * Monika Montsho (weightlifter, 2 x runnerup GB Championships 60kg, NW woman weightlifter of the year 1991) * Edwin Moses * Martina Navratilova (Retired Tennis Champion) Source: Magazine Interviews/Genesis Awards * Julie Ann Niewiek (Basketball commentator) Source: Grand Rapids press/ Image Magazine * Paavo Nurmi * Robert Parish (Center - Warriors, Celtics, Hornets, Bulls) Source: Hearsay * Bill Pearl (Bodybuilder, Mr America) Source: Getting Stronger by Bill Pearl, pg 399 * Bill Pearl (Mr. Universe and bodybuilder) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Anthony Peeler (NBA Grizzlies basketball player) Source: NBA web site profiles * Dave Scott (five time winner of the Ironman Triathlon) (vegan) "The New Laurel's Kitchen" cookbook * Debbie Spaeth-Herring (Georgia State power-lifter) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian * Jonathon Speelman (chess) * Lucy Stephens (triathlete - vegan) * Jacques Vaughn (All American point guard, #1-ranked Univ of KS Jayhawks) Source: Lawrence (KS) Journal World (numerous editions) * Kirsty Wade (runner) * Bill Walton (basketball player) Source: A Teen's Guide to Going Vegetarian > Did you know that Carl Lewis was a Vegan and he had plenty of muscle > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> >> Haha, the PCRM. Nice try, k00k. Sooooo .. what you are saying is PCRM has the journal .. Nutrition Reviews .. in their .. pocket .. ? Is that what you are saying .. ? PCRM .. points it .. out .. 'They' didn't do the study .. Bring up some negative reviews for the .. journal .. Something OTHER than your .. opinion .. Because frankly .. evidenced by your .. posts .. Your opinion is worth .. dck .. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ilsi/nure Nutrition Reviews delivers to thousands of busy professionals timely and authoritative reviews of significant research and investigation, as well as in-depth discussion of recent international nutrition and science policy advancements. Published since 1942, Nutrition Reviews is edited at Tufts University by Robert M. Russell, MD, Director of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. The journal's contributors -- leading researchers, practitioners, and authorities in fields related to nutrition and food science--survey hundreds of international biomedical, nutrition, policy, and food science publications for emerging issues of topical importance. Publisher: International Life Sciences Institute Who loves ya. Tom Jesus Was A Vegetarian! http://jesuswasavegetarian.7h.com Man Is A Herbivore! http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/manisaherbivore DEAD PEOPLE WALKING http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking > Sooooo .. what you are saying is PCRM has the journal .. Nutrition > Reviews .. in their .. pocket .. ? [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > DEAD PEOPLE WALKING > http://pages.ivillage.com/ironjustice/deadpeoplewalking Cut the unnecessary elipses, fool. "Nutrition Reviews" is published by the "International Life Sciences Institute" The members of this group contain many of the big hitters in toxic food, chemical additives and pharmaceutical companies see http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=International_Life_Sciences_Institute Also see http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2006/2006-02-02-01.asp for some interesting studies this group has backed. Also see http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/02/06/world_health_organization_shuts_ out_industry_group_from_policy_setting_deliberations.htm So much for the integrity of this organization, they're tainted. > Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss Woo Hoo! Fettuccine Alfredo here I come! Paul > > Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss > > Woo Hoo! Fettuccine Alfredo here I come! > > Paul ... and heavy on the Alfredo sauce. ;o) Rob >> Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss >Woo Hoo! Fettuccine Alfredo here I come! Much of the problem comes from the animal part of "Alfredo"; milk and cheese.  SignatureThis address is for information only. I do not claim that these views are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University. Herman Rubin, Department of Statistics, Purdue University hrubin@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558 > >> Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss > > >Woo Hoo! Fettuccine Alfredo here I come! > > Much of the problem comes from the animal part of > "Alfredo"; milk and cheese. Nope, the animal part of the dish is the only decent nutrition in it. Good fresh milk or cream or cheese and eggs from healthy well raised animals is extremely healthy and very nutrient dense food. OTH, refined white flour pasta is basically empty carbs, empty calories. And the gluten is the culprit in most chronic gastro-intestinal problems like IBS and Crohn's disease. Animal sourced foods wins over grains any day and in every way. TC Movie stars that are slim seem to be either vegetarians, or have an illness like diabetes type 1. Just reading the labels on canned vegetables reveals the low caloric density. There is more than one way to skin a cat. However, I agree with TC, that veganism is a form of malnutrition. I believe that judging from the vegtarians I have know that theyjust don't know how to eat correctly. They eat vegetables all right but skip good protein sources and are essentially starving their bodies. >I believe that judging from the vegtarians I have know that theyjust >don't know how to eat correctly. They eat vegetables all right but >skip good protein sources and are essentially starving their bodies. A man walks into a doctor's office. The man has a carrot sticking out of one ear, beans in his hair, and a stalk of celery in his nose. He asks, "Doc, what's wrong with me?" The doctor replies, "You're not eating right." Sorry, couldn't resist. -- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct. "If you can't say something nice, then sit next to me." -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth > Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss About 18 months ago I posted some experiences I had with Ayurvedic diet and lifestyle changes which had (in my opinion) improved my blood glucose levels. My comments got the "must be selling something", etc. I'm still at it, but have tried to drop as much processed food as possible - especially homogenised milk products and bread which is not made of spelt flour. Milk I only use full cream unhomegenised organic, take the cream off to make kefir, the whole milk that is left has less fat than the "low fat homegenised" stuff. I read (years ago) that homegenised milk and milk powder was giving false positive readings for type II diabetics but for the life of me cant find that reference now. I eat fresh vegetables, eggs, cheese, tofu, use salt and sugar in my cooking, I eat fish (dory, cod, mullet) maybe 4 times a week. I love meat and indulge in a steak/roast maybe once a week. I was drinking about 500mls of kefir daily but now only every other day. What am I doing - hmmm just following a diverse diet, nothing in excess. My results Weight loss - 15kgs and stable at 90kgs BGs all in the range of 6.5 to 8.5 Blood pressure down Energy up General well being (my own feeling) 7 out of 10 > About 18 months ago I posted some experiences I had with Ayurvedic > diet and lifestyle changes > BGs all in the range of 6.5 to 8.5 Bit of a way to go still then. How are your exercise levels? Nicky. SignatureA1c 10.5/5.4/<6 T2 DX 05/2004 1g Metformin, 100ug Thyroxine 95/74/72Kg most x-posts cut <snip> >I eat fresh vegetables, eggs, cheese, tofu, use salt and sugar in >my cooking, I eat fish (dory, cod, mullet) maybe 4 times a week. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Energy up >General well being (my own feeling) 7 out of 10 Hi Roger Add a few more steaks, fish and red wine to your menu and you could be broadly describing my diet. As you said "a diverse diet, nothing in excess". Whatever works for you. You've done very well on weight loss and Bp. However, on BGs: "BGs all in the range of 6.5 to 8.5", or for US readers: "BGs all in the range of 117 to 153" If you're talking about fasting BGs - those aren't real good. If you're talking about one-hour post-prandials, they're better but 8.5 is still a tad high if you are type 2. If they are 2hr post-prandials I'd suggest review of any meal that had you at more than 7(126) at two hours. But that's just my opinion. You've been here a while. have you read this yet? http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/NewlyDiagnosed.htm Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia. d&e, metformin 2x500mg SignatureEverything in Moderation - Except Laughter. >> Vegetarian diets cause major weight loss > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >milk and milk powder was giving false positive readings for type >II diabetics but for the life of me cant find that reference now. False positive readings of what? >I eat fresh vegetables, eggs, cheese, tofu, use salt and sugar in >my cooking, I eat fish (dory, cod, mullet) maybe 4 times a week. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >General well being (my own feeling) 7 out of 10 > SignaturePeter Bowditch aa #2243 The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au Australian Skeptics http://www.skeptics.com.au To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com This post not CC'd by email On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:44:24 GMT, Peter Bowditch <myfirstname@ratbags.com> wrote: >>Milk I only use full cream unhomegenised organic, take the cream >>off to make kefir, the whole milk that is left has less fat than the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >False positive readings of what? G'day G'day Peter, Galactose affects some test strip reagents and not others. If our sole concern was blood glucose we might get a tad excited that something other than glucose was raising the glucose reading. Since most any simple sugar will glycate protein I can't see what the excitement is about. Best wishes, SignatureQuentin Grady ^ ^ / New Zealand, >#,#< [ / \ /\ "... and the blind dog was leading." http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/quentin >Weight loss - 15kgs and stable at 90kgs what's that in lbs? good weight loss though. >BGs all in the range of 6.5 to 8.5 117 to 153 BGs as a type 2? Keep working at it you can get better control. >Blood pressure down as compared to what? >Energy up >General well being (my own feeling) 7 out of 10 totally meaningless reference. One does not have to follow your diet to get this level of control. Many do far better simply following a customized lower carb diet than what they used to eat. 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