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Cardiovascular and renal benefits of dry bean and soybean intake.

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Dry beans and soybeans are nutrient-dense, fiber-rich, and are high-quality sources of protein, which potentially have multifaceted health-promoting effects, including cholesterol reduction, improved vascular health, preserved bone mineral density, and reduction of menopausal symptoms.
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This article is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.The article was published on 1999-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 403 citations till now.

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Vegetarian diet improves insulin resistance and oxidative stress markers more than conventional diet in subjects with Type 2 diabetes

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of calorie-restricted vegetarian and conventional diabetic diets alone and in combination with exercise on insulin resistance, visceral fat and oxidative stress markers in subjects with Type-2 diabetes were compared.
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Cardio-Metabolic Benefits of Plant-Based Diets.

TL;DR: The use of plant-based diets as a means of prevention and treatment of cardio-metabolic disease should be promoted through dietary guidelines and recommendations.
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Investigation of lifestyle choices of individuals following a vegan diet for health and ethical reasons

TL;DR: These factors may affect outcome in studies investigating the impact of vegan diets on health, and should be taken into account when studying persons following a vegan diet.
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Type 2 diabetes and the vegetarian diet

TL;DR: The vegetarian diet contains a portfolio of natural products and food forms of benefit for both the carbohydrate and lipid abnormalities in diabetes and it is anticipated that their combined use in vegetarian diets will produce very significant metabolic advantages for the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its complications.
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Dietary Modulation of the Human Colonic Microbiota: Introducing the Concept of Prebiotics

TL;DR: By combining the rationale of pro- and prebiotics, the concept of synbiotics is proposed to characterize some colonic foods with interesting nutritional properties that make these compounds candidates for classification as health-enhancing functional food ingredients.
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Genistein, a specific inhibitor of tyrosine-specific protein kinases.

TL;DR: Genistein inhibited the EGF-stimulated increase in phosphotyrosine level in A431 cells and scarcely inhibited the enzyme activities of serine- and threonine-specific protein kinases such as cAMP-dependent protein kinase, phosphorylase kinases, and the Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent enzymeprotein kinase C.
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Glycemic index of foods: a physiological basis for carbohydrate exchange.

TL;DR: The effect of different foods on the blood glucose levels was fed individually to groups of 5 to 10 healthy fasting volunteers, and a significant negative relationship was seen between fat and protein and postprandial glucose rise but not with fiber or sugar content.
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Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: A review of the epidemiological evidence

TL;DR: It would appear that major public health benefits could be achieved by substantially increasing consumption of fruit and vegetable consumption, and in particular in cancers of the esophagus, oral cavity, and larynx, for which 28 of 29 studies were significant.
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