Lipid profile in Polish women following lacto-ovo-vegetarian and vegan diets – preliminary study.

Patrycja Gogga; Aleksandra Sliwińska; Ewa Aleksandrowicz-Wrona; Sylwia Malgorzewicz

doi:10.18388/abp.2020_5653

Patrycja Gogga Department of Commodity Science, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Aleksandra Sliwińska Department of Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Ewa Aleksandrowicz-Wrona Department of Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Sylwia Malgorzewicz Department of Clinical Nutrition, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.2020_5653

Abstract

The European Atherosclerosis Society and American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association guidelines have introduced several new recommendations, according to which vegetarian diets are concerned as beneficial for the cardiovascular system. This study was aimed to investigate the lipid profile in 56 healthy Polish young women – 13 vegans, 18 lacto-ovo-vegetarians and 25 omnivores. HDL cholesterol concentrations were higher in the vegans and vegetarians than in the omnivores. LDL cholesterol levels were lower in the vegans than in both other diet groups. The use of a vegetarian – especially vegan – diet in Polish conditions is associated with a favorable lipid profile and may have cardioprotective effects.