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Health effects of vegan diets

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 2009
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Title
Health effects of vegan diets
Published in
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, March 2009
DOI 10.3945/ajcn.2009.26736n
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Authors

Winston J Craig

Abstract

Recently, vegetarian diets have experienced an increase in popularity. A vegetarian diet is associated with many health benefits because of its higher content of fiber, folic acid, vitamins C and E, potassium, magnesium, and many phytochemicals and a fat content that is more unsaturated. Compared with other vegetarian diets, vegan diets tend to contain less saturated fat and cholesterol and more dietary fiber. Vegans tend to be thinner, have lower serum cholesterol, and lower blood pressure, reducing their risk of heart disease. However, eliminating all animal products from the diet increases the risk of certain nutritional deficiencies. Micronutrients of special concern for the vegan include vitamins B-12 and D, calcium, and long-chain n-3 (omega-3) fatty acids. Unless vegans regularly consume foods that are fortified with these nutrients, appropriate supplements should be consumed. In some cases, iron and zinc status of vegans may also be of concern because of the limited bioavailability of these minerals.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 11 <1%
Australia 6 <1%
Spain 3 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
Norway 2 <1%
Poland 2 <1%
Slovenia 2 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Austria 1 <1%
Other 7 <1%
Unknown 1960 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 562 28%
Student > Master 315 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 116 6%
Researcher 96 5%
Student > Postgraduate 87 4%
Other 234 12%
Unknown 588 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 298 15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 238 12%
Nursing and Health Professions 224 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 101 5%
Social Sciences 57 3%
Other 446 22%
Unknown 634 32%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 900. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 June 2024.
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#20,116
of 26,148,761 outputs
Outputs from American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
#66
of 12,740 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#22
of 111,285 outputs
Outputs of similar age from American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
#1
of 104 outputs
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