The meta- analysis provides evidence that vegetarianism is associated with lower serum concentrations of hs-CRP when individuals follow a vegetarian diet for at least 2 years .
A vegetarian diet might be a useful approach to manage inflammaging in the long term
OBJECTIVE Vegetarian diets contain various anti-inflammatory components .
We aim ed to investigate the effects of  vegetarianism  on inflammatory biomarkers when compared with  omnivores .
Effect of soy nuts on adhesion molecules and markers of inflammation in hypertensive and normotensive postmenopausal women.
Recently , it was shown that substituting soy nuts for nonsoy protein in a therapeutic lifestyle change ( TLC ) diet lowered systolic and diastolic blood pressure by 9.9 % and 6.8 % , respectively , in postmenopausal women with hypertension and by 5.2 % and 2.9 % , respectively , in normotensive postmenopausal women . In this study , to examine mechanisms for these reductions , markers of inflammation were measured , including soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 , soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 , C-reactive protein , interleukin-6 , and matrix metalloproteinase-9 .  Sixty healthy postmenopausal women ( 48 normotensive and 12 with hypertension ) were r and omized in a crossover design to a TLC diet alone or a TLC diet in which 0.5 cups of soy nuts ( 25 g soy protein and 101 mg aglycone isoflavones ) replaced 25 g of nonsoy protein daily . Each diet was followed for 8 weeks . Compared with the TLC diet alone , levels of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 were significantly lower on the soy diet in women with hypertension ( 623.6 + /- 153.8 vs 553.8 + /- 114.4 ng/ml , respectively , p = 0.003 ) , whereas no significant differences were observed in normotensive women .  Soy nuts were associated with a trend toward reduction in C-reactive protein in normotensive women . No effect on levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 , interleukin-6 , or matrix metalloproteinase-9 was observed . In conclusion , the reduction in soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 with soy nuts in women with hypertension suggests an improvement in endothelial function that may reflect an overall improvement in the underlying inflammatory process underlying atherosclerosis
The meta- analysis provides evidence that vegetarianism is associated with lower serum concentrations of hs-CRP when individuals follow a vegetarian diet for at least 2 years .
A vegetarian diet might be a useful approach to manage inflammaging in the long term
OBJECTIVE Vegetarian diets contain various anti-inflammatory components .
We aim ed to investigate the effects of  vegetarianism  on inflammatory biomarkers when compared with  omnivores .