AM J CLIN NUTR: Children’s long -term vegan diet may be beneficial to cardiovascular, but it will bring other health risks!
With the development of social industrialization, the plant -based diet (PBD) is becoming more and more popular, and it has become a healthy diet recommended by more and more international health organizations. The main reasons for more and more popular include the sustainable development of the earth, improvement of health and high attention to animal welfare. In a broad sense, vegetarian food does not include meat and fish, while the prime food does not include all animal -derived products, such as dairy products and eggs.
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Previous research, the impact of vegetarianism and veganism on the health of the body has been evaluated in adults, including lower heart metabolism risks, but the risk of fracture risk of vegan with low diet calcium content will increase. However, PBD has less evidence on children. Atherosclerosis originated in childhood, which is related to the risk of cardiac metabolism, and over time, the impact of eating habits on health will continue to adulthood. As a result, PBD in childhood may reduce the risk of adult cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, any such benefits must consider the safety of children.
Recently, a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Compared with omnivorous children, the cardiovascular health of the prime diet and vegetarian food may be healthier, less body fat, but the vegan and vegetarian diet may It will affect the body’s bone mineral content and trace nutrients.
In this study, researchers recruited 187 healthy children 5 to 10 years old from 2014 to 2016. Among them, 63 children are vegetarians, 52 vegan and 72 omnipers. The average time for vegetarians to contact the meatless diet is 5.3 years, and the vegan is 5.9 years. Subsequently, the growth of prime and vegan children’s growth, physical composition, cardiovascular risk, and trace nutrient status were collected, and it was compared with children who consume meat in the diet.
After considering the child’s family environment, early nutrition, growth environment, and sports activities, the results showed that the diet of the prime and vegetarians may play a causal role in the differences between children’s health results. The average height of the vegan, 3 cm in height, 4 to 6%of the content of bone minerals, and 3 times the lack of vitamin B12. At the same time, the level of low -density lipoprotein (LDL) of the vegan also decreased to 25%, and the level of body fat has also been reduced.
The above research results show that vegetarians are a “unproofed” diet based on plants, which are related to lower body fat and better cardiovascular risk conditions. On the other hand, vegetarians have low intake of protein, calcium, vitamin B12, and vitamin D, which may explain why their osteo minerals and serum vitamin concentrations are lower.
At the same time, researchers emphasized that the necessity of supplementing vitamin B12 and vitamin D in the PBD diet, and more work needs to do more work to improve the understanding of vegetarians and vegetarian families. It is recommended to maximize the health of children’s bone, the purpose is to reduce the risk of future osteoporosis and fracture.
“So far, the research on the impact of these diet on children’s health is largely limited to assessment of height and weight, and only among vegetarian children. Our research on the health of children who follow the vegetarian and prime diets As a result, it provides substantial insights. In the future, we need further research to help maximize the health benefits of PBD on children. “
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Ma?gorzata A Desmond et al， Growth， body composition， and cardiovascular and nutritional risk of 5- to 10-y-old children consuming vegetarian， vegan， or omnivore diets， The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2021). DOI： 10.1093 /ajcn/nqaa445
