Vegan Diet

The article rejects using blueprint as a plant-versus-meat ideological position because the method is agnostic on that question. The article claims plant foods lack the complete, bioavailable building blocks supplied by animal products. The article asserts that animal-derived proteins, fats, and micronutrients are absorbed and used more directly than plant-based counterparts. The blueprint methodology is described as compatible with veganism and other dietary approaches. The claim that a vegetarian diet reverses coronary atherosclerosis is described as lacking scientific foundation. Plant-based diet advocates also produce studies, success stories, and expert support for their position. The claim that a vegetarian diet can reverse coronary atherosclerosis has circulated for over 30 years. The supposed reversal of coronary atherosclerosis by vegetarian diet originated from a single, methodologically flawed study. The belief that a vegetarian diet reverses coronary atherosclerosis has persisted for over 30 years. The Lifestyle Heart Trial is the primary basis for the vegetarian diet atherosclerosis reversal claim. The article links cognitive effects of vegan diets to nutrient deficie…