PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andrew H. Lockie
AU  - Eleanor Carlson
AU  - Michael Kipps
AU  - James Thomson
TI  - Comparison of four types of diet using clinical, laboratory and psychological studies
DP  - 1985 Jul 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 333--336
VI  - 35
IP  - 276
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/35/276/333.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/35/276/333.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1985 Jul 01; 35
AB  - Thirty-seven people of different dietary habits—vegans, ovolactovegetarians, whole-food omnivores and average omnivores—were studied using nine-day weighed food intakes, clinical and laboratory assessments, standard psychology questionnaires, measurements of urinary cortisol and catecholamine levels and questionnaires on life-style and health factors. The vegan diet most clearly approximated current thinking on diet, as expressed in the NACNE Report, but was deficient in vitamin D, riboflavin, and vitamin B12. Cholesterol levels were significantly higher in both diet and serum in all groups compared with the vegans. There was no significant difference in social background, money spent on food, exercise, smoking, stress levels or psychological parameters between groups.