Urinary Response to Consuming Plant-Based Meat Alternatives in Persons with Normal Kidney Function: The SWAP-MEAT Pilot Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Consuming excess animal meat may exacerbate kidney disorders, such as urinary stone disease and CKD. Plant-based meat alternatives imitate animal meat and replace animal with vegetable protein, but it is unclear whether eating plant-meat confers similar health benefits as eating whole vegetables. We hypothesized that eating plant-meat when compared with animal meat decreases dietary acid load but increases dietary phosphorus and nitrogen.

Methods

The Study With Appetizing Plantfood—Meat Eating Alternatives Trial was a randomized 8-week, crossover trial (NCT03718988) of participants consuming ≥2 servings/d of either plant-meat or animal meat for each 8-week phase. We measured urine sulfate, ammonium, pH, phosphorus, urea nitrogen (UUN), citrate, and creatinine conc

SUBMITTER: Ward CP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11556914 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature