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Fruit and vegetable consumption and all-cause, cancer, and CVD mortality: analysis of Health Survey for England data.

High consumption of fruits and vegetables may lower total, cancer, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates in English adults.

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Meat intake and mortality. A prospective study of over half a million people.

High total, cancer, and CVD mortality rates are associated with high intakes of red and processed meat.

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Intake of fruit, vegetables, and fruit juices and risk of diabetes in women.

High consumption of whole fruits and green leafy vegetables may lower diabetes risk in women.

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  • 2008
  • Bazzano LA, Li TY, Joshipura KJ, Hu FB.
  • Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. lbazzano@tulane.edu
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • Yes. Source of funding disclosure found
  • This study was supported by Grants DK58845 and CA87969 from the National Institutes of Health. L.A.B. was supported by a Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health Scholarship (K12 HD43451), which was cofunded by the Office of Research on Women's Health and Office of Dietary Supplements.
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Restriction of meat, fish, and poultry in omnivores improves mood: a pilot randomized controlled study.

Vegetarian diets are associated with healthy mood states. This pilot study investigated the effect of consuming diets that do not contain meat, fish, and poultry on mood states. 39 subjects participated in this study. They were assigned into 3 groups (fish, omnivore, and vegetarian groups) and placed on different diets for 2 weeks. The fish...

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A bean-free diet increases the risk of all-cause mortality among Taiwanese women: the role of the metabolic syndrome.

A bean-free diet may elevate total mortality risk in Taiwanese women.

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  • 2012
  • Chang WC, Wahlqvist ML, Chang HY, Hsu CC, Lee MS, Wang WS, Hsiung CA.
  • Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Institute of Population Health Sciences, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan Town, Miaoli County 35053, Taiwan, Republic of China. wcchang@nhri.org.tw
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
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Vegetarian diets are associated with healthy mood states: a cross-sectional study of Seventh Day Adventist adults.

Vegetarian diets are associated with good and healthy moods.

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Biological effects of a diet of soy protein rich in isoflavones on the menstrual cycle of premenopausal women.

High intakes of Isoflavone-rich soy foods are associated with delayed menstrual cycle and lower breast cancer risk in premenopausal women.

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Fats, inflammation, and insulin resistance: insights to the role of macrophage and T-cell accumulation in adipose tissue.

High fat diets may promote the development insulin resistance and type-2 diabetes.

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Whole-foods plant based diet alleviates the symptoms of osteoarthritis.

High consumption of whole-foods, plant-based diets may relieve symptoms in osteoarthritis patients.

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  • 2014
  • Chelsea M. Clinton, Shanley O’Brien, Junwen Law, Colleen M. Renier, and Mary R. Wendt
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, 15 Michigan Street NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA
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  • Yes. Source of funding disclosure found
  • This research was financially supported by a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan.
  • Yes. Potential conflicts disclosure found
  • Mary Wendt has previously worked as a Speaker Bureau Consultant for Eli Lilly, Amgen, Medtronic Spine and Biologic and Forest Pharmaceuticals. Mary Wendt has served as a Consultant for Amgen Pharmaceuticals, Forest Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Medtronic Spine and Biologic.
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Soy food intake and breast cancer survival.

High consumption of soy foods may decrease breast cancer re-occurrence and mortality risks.

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  • 2009
  • Shu XO, Zheng Y, Cai H, Gu K, Chen Z, Zheng W, Lu W.
  • Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, 2525 West End Ave, Ste 600, Nashville, TN 37203-1738, USA. xiao-ou.shu@vanderbilt.edu
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • Yes. Source of funding disclosure found
  • This study was supported by grants from the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (DAMD 17-02-1-0607) and the National Cancer Institute (R01 CA118229).
  • Yes. Potential conflicts disclosure found
  • Shu XO received a small research development fund from the United Soybean Board in 2005. The United Soybean Board played no role in the design, implementation, or result interpretation of this study or in the preparation or approval of the manuscript.
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IARC evaluates consumption of red meat and processed meat.

Red and processed meat may be carcinogenic to humans.

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Low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets. Effects on cognition and mood.

Low-carbohydrate weight-loss diets are associated with poor cognitive performance.

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