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NutritionEmerging evidenceVegan Diet

Vegan Diets Can Be Elite or Deficient

The online vegan war is a perfect nutrition trap: one side pretends plants automatically solve health, the other pretends excluding animal foods guarantees collapse. The evidence supports neither cartoon.

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Tier 3Clinical guidance

Academy vegan adult position

Position of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Vegetarian Dietary Patterns for Adults

Clinical guidance from 2025 in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics / 2025->

Tier 4Review

Plant-based chronic disease review

Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Chronic Disease Risks

Review from 2023 in Nutrients, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Nutrients / 2023->

Tier 4Review

Plant-based diabetes review

Plant-Based Diets and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Review from 2025 in Nutrients, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Nutrients / 2025->

Tier 1Systematic review

Plant-based nutrient status review

Nutrient Intake and Status in Adults Consuming Plant-Based Diets Compared to Meat-Eaters

Systematic review from 2021 in Nutrients, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Nutrients / 2021->

Tier 1Randomized trial

Stanford twin vegan trial

Cardiometabolic Effects of Omnivorous vs Vegan Diets in Identical Twins

Randomized trial from 2023 in JAMA Network Open, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

JAMA Network Open / 2023->

Tier 4Review

Ultra-processed plant-food review

Ultra-Processed Plant-Based Foods and Health Outcomes

Review from 2025 in Nutrients, translated into key findings, limitations, and consumer relevance.

Nutrients / 2025->

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