The impact of type of dietary protein, animal versus vegetable, in modifying cardiometabolic risk factors: A Position Paper from the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP)

Proteins play a crucial role in metabolism, in maintaining fluid and acid-base balance and antibody synthesis. Dietary proteins are important nutrients and are classified into: 1) animal proteins (meat, fish, poultry, eggs and dairy), and, 2) plant proteins (legumes, nuts and soy). Dietary modification is one of the most important lifestyle changes that has been shown to significantly decrease the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease (CVD) by attenuating related risk factors. The CVD burden is reduced by optimum diet through replacement of unprocessed meat with low saturated fat, animal proteins and plant proteins.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - May 25, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: Fjolla Zhubi-Bakija, Gani Bajraktari, Ibadete Byty çi, Dimitri P. Mikhailidis, Michael Y. Henein, Gustavs Latkovskis, Zarife Rexhaj, Esra Zhubi, Maciej Banach, the International Lipid Expert Panel (ILEP), Fahad Alnouri, Fahma Amar, Atanas G. Atanasov, Ga Tags: Original article Source Type: research