As plant-based diets continue to grow in popularity, new research suggests that vegans may miss out on a notable blood sugar benefit linked to dairy products.
People who include dairy in their diets may have more stable blood sugar levels than those following a strictly plant-based regimen.
Key Differences in Blood Chemistry
The two-week clinical trial, published on April 22 in Clinical Nutrition, involved 30 healthy adults who were assigned to follow either a vegetarian diet that included dairy or a strictly vegan diet consisting of only plant foods.
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