{"id":2890,"date":"2024-08-11T23:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2024-08-11T23:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T23:34:49","slug":"low-fat-vegan-diet-outshines-mediterranean-for-weight-loss-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=2890","title":{"rendered":"Low-Fat Vegan Diet Outshines Mediterranean for Weight Loss, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A recent study published in\u00a0<em>Frontiers in Nutrition<\/em>\u00a0challenges the long-held belief that the Mediterranean diet is the best for weight loss. Conducted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, the research highlights the benefits of a low-fat vegan diet, which significantly reduces inflammatory compounds known as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73%. Participants on this diet lost an average of 13 pounds, while those on the Mediterranean diet showed no weight change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study attributes the reduction in AGEs primarily to the exclusion of meat, added fats, and dairy products. Dr. Hana Kahleova, the lead author, emphasizes that opting for a low-fat vegan diet can effectively aid in weight loss and reduce the intake of harmful AGEs. For more details, you can read the full article on SciTechDaily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/better-than-the-mediterranean-a-new-study-reveals-that-this-type-of-diet-is-best-for-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study published in\u00a0Frontiers in Nutrition\u00a0challenges the long-held belief that the Mediterranean diet is the best for weight loss.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2892,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions\/2892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}