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Could veggie burgers increase your lifespan? Many experts insist that switching to a vegetarian lifestyle can greatly increase overall health, leading some to ditch their pork rinds like an old smoking habit. Still others swear by an omnivorous diet, saying that occasional New York steak never hurt anyone. Is a fresh helping of tofu just what the doctor ordered, or only a lot of empty calories?
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Vegetarians Have Healthier Bones
VEG DIET ALLEVIATES FIBROMYALGIA SYMPTOMS
Vegan diet alleviates ®bromyalgia symptoms
K. Kaartinen1, K. Lammi1, M. Hypen2, M. Nenonen3, O. HaÈnninen1, and A.-L. Rauma1
1Department of Physiology, University of Kuopio, 2Rehabilitation Centre for Rheumatic Patients, Kangasala, 3National Research and
Development, Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland
The effect of a strict, low-salt, uncooked vegan diet rich in lactobacteria on symptoms in 18 ®bromyalgia patients during and after a 3-
month intervention period in an open, non-randomized controlled study was evaluated. As control 15 patients continued their omnivorous
diet. The groups did not differ signi®cantly from each other in the beginning of the study in any other parameters except in pain and urine
sodium. The results revealed signi®cant improvements in Visual analogue scale of pain (VAS) (p~0.005), joint stiffness (p~0.001), quality
of sleep (p~0.0001), Health assessment questionnaire (HAQ) (p~0.031), General health questionnaire (GHQ) (p~0.021), and a
rheumatologist's own questionnaire (p~0.038). The majority of patients were overweight to some extent at the beginning of the study and
shifting to a vegan food caused a signi®cant reduction in body mass index (BMI) (p~0,0001). Total serum cholesterol showed a statistically
signi®cant lowering (p~0.003). Urine sodium dropped to 1/3 of the beginning values (p~0.0001) indicating good diet compliance. It can be
concluded that vegan diet had bene®cial effects on ®bromyalgia symptoms at least in the short run.
- healthiswealth
October 8, 2008 10:59AM
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