Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet
Does it work?
Systemic efficacy
Although there are a number of case histories3-5 especially for patients following a macrobiotic diet, no cohort studies or controlled trials have been performed in this area. There is therefore a lack of evidence 6; 7.
Component efficacy
Not applicable. A lacto-ovo vegetarian diet cannot be dissected into separate components in order to assess separately their efficacy.
Biological mechanism
No scientific studies have been carried out to examine the biological mechanisms involved in the lacto-ovo vegetarian diet as such. There is, however, an abundance of laboratory studies describing proposed beneficial mechanisms of components of a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet on cell cultures, animals, and risk factors in humans.
| Citation | Vinjar Fønnebø, CAM-Cancer Consortium. Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet [online document]. http://www.cam-cancer.org/CAM-Summaries/Dietary-approaches/Lacto-ovo-vegetarian-diet. December 10, 2010. |
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