{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Bethancourt HJ"],"funding":["Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology at the University of Washington","Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development","NICHD NIH HHS","National Science Foundation"],"pagination":["722-732"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6735803"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["110(3)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Plant-based diets may help improve measures of body fat, blood cholesterol, glucose metabolism, and inflammation. However, limited evidence suggests that the health effects of reducing animal products may depend on the quality of plant-based foods consumed as caloric replacements.<h4>Objective</h4>This study examined how temporarily restricting consumption of meat, dairy, and egg (MDE) products for religious purposes influences cardiometabolic health biomarkers and whether any effects of MDE restriction on biomarkers are modified by concurrent shifts in calories, fish, and distinct plant-based foods.<h4>Design</h4>This study followed a sample of 99 individuals in the United States with varying degrees of adherence to Orthodox Christian (OC) guidance to abstain from MDE p"],"journal":["The American journal of clinical nutrition"],"pubmed_title":["A short-term religious \"fast\" from animal products has a minimal impact on cardiometabolic health biomarkers irrespective of concurrent shifts in distinct plant-based food groups."],"pmcid":["PMC6735803"],"funding_grant_id":["T32 HD007543","BCS-1540282"],"pubmed_authors":["O'Connor K","Kratz M","Bethancourt HJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A short-term religious \"fast\" from animal products has a minimal impact on cardiometabolic health biomarkers irrespective of concurrent shifts in distinct plant-based food groups.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Plant-based diets may help improve measures of body fat, blood cholesterol, glucose metabolism, and inflammation. However, limited evidence suggests that the health effects of reducing animal products may depend on the quality of plant-based foods consumed as caloric replacements.<h4>Objective</h4>This study examined how temporarily restricting consumption of meat, dairy, and egg (MDE) products for religious purposes influences cardiometabolic health biomarkers and whether any effects of MDE restriction on biomarkers are modified by concurrent shifts in calories, fish, and distinct plant-based foods.<h4>Design</h4>This study followed a sample of 99 individuals in the United States with varying degrees of adherence to Orthodox Christian (OC) guidance to abstain from MDE p","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Sep","modification":"2025-05-18T11:50:19.059Z","creation":"2025-05-18T11:50:19.059Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6735803","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31380559"],"doi":["10.1093/ajcn/nqz153"]}}