Extended essay: To what extent does a plant-based diet lower the risk of coronary artery disease?
25 As vegans don’t
consume any of these products it is self-evident why their saturated fat intake was almost
half of what the other dietary groups had.
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D. E. Threapleton,’’Dietary fibre intake and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and
meta-analysis’’, British Medical Journal, http://www.bmj.com/content/347/bmj.f6879, 01.10.2016
25’’Good fats and bad fats explained’’, British Nutrition foundation, https://www.nutrition.org.uk/
healthyliving/basics/fats.html, 25.10.2016
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Table 3. Daily nutrient intake by diet groups with averages of both sexes
calculated.26
Dietary group Fat Saturated fat Cholesterol Dietary fiber
% energy % energy mg g
Vegan 34.9 ± 0.3 6.8 ± 0.5 5.5 ± 0.5 49 ± 0.7
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