Vegetarians have a lower fasting insulin level and higher insulin sensitivity than matched omnivores: A cross-sectional study

Potential associations of vegetarian diet patterns with fasting insulin (FI) and insulin sensitivity remain unclear. We aimed to investigate whether vegetarian diets were associated with FI and insulin sensitivity in a cross-sectional study in Chinese vegetarians and matched omnivores and then to test whether it is independent of body mass index (BMI).

Source: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases : NMCD - February 1, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: X. Cui, B. Wang, Y. Wu, L. Xie, P. Xun, Q. Tang, W. Cai, X. Shen Source Type: research