Low-Fat Vegan Diet Proven to Reduce Harmful Compounds and Promote Weight Loss, Outperforming Mediterranean Diet

A low-fat vegan diet significantly reduces harmful inflammatory compounds known as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) by 73%, while a Mediterranean diet shows no reduction, according to new research by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine published in Frontiers in Nutrition. This reduction in AGEs on the vegan diet is linked to an average weight loss of 6 Kilograms, whereas the Mediterranean diet results in no weight change. The reduction in dietary AGEs on the low-fat vegan diet was primarily due to eliminating meat (41%), reducing added fats (27%), and avoiding dairy products (14%).