Elena García-Maldonado, Angélica Gallego-Narbón, Belén Zapatera, Alexandra Alcorta, Miriam Martínez-Suárez, M Pilar Vaquero
Sustainable healthy diets are promoted, and consequently vegetarian diets are currently increasing. However, scientific information on their effects on bone health is scarce. A cross-sectional study was performed in adults (66% women) classified into three groups: omnivores ( n = 93), lacto-ovo vegetarians ( n = 96), and vegans ( n = 112). Nutrient intake, body composition, physical activity, vitamin D status (25-hydroxycholecalciferol, 25-OHD), parathormone (PTH), and bone formation (bone alkaline phosphatase, BAP) and resorption (N-telopeptides of type I collagen, NTx) markers were determined...
February 2, 2024: Nutrients