Vegetable Protein is the Best to Reduce Weight

Plant-based proteins or plants have been shown to be the best for reducing and managing body weight while increasing insulin resistance. Health expert Susianto Tseng said the latest research showed that plant proteins turned out to be the best for weight management.

"Vegetable protein as part of the vegan diet is the best for weight management and insulin resistance," said the UI alumni doctor on Saturday (11/24).

Susianto who is also the Secretary General of the Indonesia Vegetarian Society (IVS) cited a study published in "Nutrition and Diabetes". He added, the researchers from the Physics Committee led by Hana Kahleova, M.D., compared the plant-based diet to the control diet in 75 overweight participants.

"Those who take a plant-based diet have a greater reduction in body fat and an increase in insulin resistance," he said.

The researchers suggest efforts to improve health by increasing consumption of vegetable protein and reducing consumption of animal protein, especially leucine and histidine. The study was conducted by Kahleova H, Fleeman R, Hlozkova A, Holubkov R, Barnard ND in a study entitled "A plant-based diet in overweight individuals in a 16-week randomized clinical trial: metabolic benefits of plant proteins" and published in the journal Nutrition and Diabetes in August 2018 pages 58-68.