Dietary Acid Load and Body Weight in Type 1 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: The purpose of this secondary analysis was to assess the potential role of dietary acid load in people with type 1 diabetes. Participants were randomly assigned to either a vegan or a portion-controlled diet group for 12 weeks, and 3-day dietary records were analyzed. Potential renal acid load and net endogenous acid production—both markers of dietary acid load—decreased significantly in the vegan group, but not in the portion-controlled group. Body weight decreased by 5.2 kg in the vegan group, compared with a nonsignificant change in weight in the portion-controlled group. Changes in dietary acid load correlated positively with changes in body weight. The reduction in dietary acid load may partly explain the observed weight loss on a vegan diet.
Authors: Hana Kahleova, Joseph Himmelfarb, Cristina Maracine, Arathi Jayaraman, Tatiana Znayenko-Miller, Richard Holubkov, Neal D. Barnard
Language: English
Topic: Diet and metabolism studies
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4411481432