Low-fat whole-food vegan diet

1. Low-fat whole-food vegan diet decreases IGF1 in humans.

   “These include a low-fat, whole-food, vegan diet, exercise training, soluble fiber, insulin sensitizers, appetite suppressants, and agents such as flax lignans, oral estrogen, or tamoxifen that decrease hepatic synthesis of IGF-I.”

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   A low-fat, whole-food vegan diet, as well as other strategies that down-regulate IGF-I activity, may slow the human aging process

   Medical hypotheses·1 Jun 2003

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