Vegan Diet Beats the Mediterranean for Cholesterol in New Trial and Eased Chronic Pain Too

  • Publish date: Saturday، 18 July 2026 Reading time: 1 min read

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A recent randomized trial pitting a low-fat vegan diet vs the traditional Mediterranean one went in a surprising direction. Like, cardiologists praise both plant-forward plans but the all-the-way vegan approach showed clearly superior benefits. And it wasn’t only the cholesterol side, the plant-only protocol also seemed to give unexpected relief to people dealing with long-term chronic pain, if you read the data closely.