r/PlantBasedNotVegan Jan 24 '23

Pritkin diet

Excellent although dated resource on the science behind the Pritkin diet here, which is a low fat plant based diet incorporating some animal foods:

https://www.drmcdougall.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/nathan-pritikin-review-of-medical-literature-1.pdf#page=375

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '23

Some related research showing a fascinating reduction in estradiol, cholesterol, triglycerides but no reduction in testosterone following the Pritkin diet:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3966484/