No-Nonsense Nutrition - Part 2: Are vegans at risk of bone fracture & stroke ? | Dr Matthew Nagra

We are joined by Dr Matthew Nagra to assess the claims made by the media that vegans are at risk of breaking bones & suffering strokes.

00:00 Intro
00:28 Are vegans at risk of bone fractures ?
08:03 Calcium set tofu & fortified food as calcium sources
09:47 Can you reach the calcium RDA wihtout calcium set tofu or fortified milk ?
10:58 Best way to get adequate iodine
12:47 Are vegans at greater risk of haemorragic stroke ?
16:53 Outro

Where to find Dr Matthew Nagra: https://linktr.ee/dr.matthewnagra
Blog: https://drmatthewnagra.com/blog/
Plant Based News video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_xdLuJtim8
Seed Oils Debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGNNsiINehIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wVlA4QXKTQ

References:

Bone Health:

Oxford EPIC-Study
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3

Positive associations between plant based diet and bone health:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36856795/https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.1083685/full

Dietary patterns and hip fracture in the Adventist Health Study 2: combined vitamin D and calcium supplementation mitigate increased hip fracture risk among vegans
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33964850/

Low Vitamin D blood levels in EPIC-Oxford
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/100/suppl_1/469S/4576666https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20854716/

Additional Article by Vegan Health on the study:
https://veganhealth.org/bone-fractures-among-u-k-vegans-part-1/

Dr Avi video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RULbeJnfIg&t=2616s&ab_channel=Avi

Iodine:

Iodine Content of Selected Foods: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Iodine-HealthProfessional/

High prevalence of iodine deficiency: https://www.aerzteblatt.de/int/archive/article/215079

Stroke:

Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study
https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l4897

Vegetarian diet and incidence of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in 2 cohorts in Taiwan
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220235/#:~:text=Conclusion,of%20ischemic%20and%20hemorrhagic%20strokes.

Meta-analysis mentioned:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471883/#:~:text=The%20meta%2Danalysis%20illustrated%20no,the%20risk%20of%20incident%20stroke.

Competing risks:

Coronary heart disease incidence and competing risks: an important issue:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5545184/

Couple of other papers that mention competing risks:
https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-02014-4https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7523882/

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