pescovegetarian diet

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Introduction

A diet consisting of fish, eggs & dairy products but otherwise eats a vegetarian diet.

lowers all-cause mortality^[2]
- benefit greater in men
- pescovegetarian diet marginally better than vegan diet
reduced risk of colorectal cancer (RR=0.57)^[3]
lowers risk of ischemic heart disease (RR=0.87) vs meat eaters^[4]
pescovegetarian does not increase risk of stroke^[4]

↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Orlich MJ et al Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and Mortality in Adventist Health Study 2. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-8. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23836264 <Internet> http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1691919
Baron RB Should We All Be Vegetarians? Comment on "Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and Mortality in Adventist Health Study 2" JAMA Intern Med. 2013;():1-2. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23836265 <Internet> http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1691926
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Orlich MJ et al Vegetarian Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Colorectal Cancers. JAMA Intern Med. Published online March 09, 2015 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25751512 <Internet> http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2174939
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Tong TYN, Appleby PN, Bradbury KE et al Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study. BMJ 2019;366:l4897 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31484644 https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4897
Lawrence MA, McNaughton SA Vegetarian diets and health. BMJ 2019;366:l5272 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31484646 https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l5272