Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the effect of plant-based diets on weight loss. Methods: Participants. Were enrolled in a, ve-arm 6-mo fi, controlled randomized trial in 2013 in South Carolina. Participants attended weekly group. Meetings with the, exception of the omnivo - Rous group which served, as the control and attended monthly meetings augmented. With weekly e-mail lessons. All groups attended monthly meetings for the last 4 mo of the study. Diets did not emphasize. Caloric restriction.Results: Overweight adults (body mass index 25 - 49.9 kg / m2; age 18 - 65 y 19% non-white and 27%,,,Men) were randomized to, a low-fat low - glycemic index diet: Vegan (n ¼ 12), vegetarian (n ¼ 13), pesco-vegetarian (n ¼. 13), semi-vegetarian (n ¼ 13), or omnivorous (n ¼ 12). Fifty (79%) participants completed the study. In intention to treat. Analysis the linear, trend for weight loss across the fi ve groups was signi fi cant at both 2 (P < 0.01) and 6 mo (P < 0.01).? At, 6 mo the weight loss in the vegan group (7.5% 4.5%) was signi fi cantly different from the omnivorous (3.1% 3.6%; P ¼.0.03), semi-vegetarian (3.2% 3.8%; P ¼ 0.03), and pesco-vegetarian (3.2% 3.4%; P ¼ 0.03) groups. Vegan participants decreased. Their fat and saturated fat more than, the pesco-vegetarian semi-vegetarian and omnivorous, groups at both 2 and 6 mo (P. < 0.05).Conclusions: Vegan diets may result in greater weight loss than more modest recommendations.
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