Nutritional and health benefits of a partial substitution of red and processed meat with non-soy legumes: a 6-week randomized controlled trial in healthy working-age men
Implementing a moderate dietary shift by consuming more legumes and less RPM may beneficially affect biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases and weight in healthy working-age men while maintaining nutritional adequacy of iodine, iron, and vitamin B12 in the short term. Trial Registration Clinical trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov as NCT04599920 in October 2020.
Authors
- Anne‐Maria Pajari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6248-4560)
- Sari Bäck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1910-1031)
- Niina E. Kaartinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6812-2237)
- Maijaliisa Erkkola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6966-1523)
- Mikko Lehtovirta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-0516)
- Satu Männistö (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8668-3046)
- Essi Päivärinta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0242-9682)
- Tiina Pellinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2583-4496)
- Suvi T. Itkonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1635-8229)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
- Finland University (FI)
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal of Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-025-03783-x
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.43
Funders
- Helsingin Yliopisto