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Plant-based diet with added lean pork studied for health markers in older adults via 18-week RCT.
A randomized controlled crossover feeding study compared a plant-forward diet with and without added minimally processed lean pork in adults 65 and older over 18 weeks. The study assessed over 250 outcome measures including metabolomics, physical fitness, and metabolic markers. Results were not reported in the abstract provided.
RCTN=30Minor significance
What this changes
The finding has not established an approved change to our evidence assessment.
Source date: Sep 21, 2026 · Discovered: Sep 21, 2026 · Assessed: — · Research update
What it does not prove
- Limitations have not yet been verified. Read the primary source.
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Study details
- Design
- Rct
- Sample size
- 30
- Duration
- 4 months
- Population
- Upper Midwesterners 65 years and older
- Primary outcome
- Iron reserve, muscle-fitness, and markers of health span
- Effect size
- —
- Significance
- Not reported
- Journal
- South Dakota State University
- Published
- Sep 21, 2026
Sources
Primary source
- South Dakota State University ↗Clinical trial
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