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Wouldn't it make more sense to look for larger scale scientific studies rather than looking at the values of some selected individuals?
Furthermore, looking at a one time measurement doesn't make too much sense without context. Like if and how the different values changed over time. Different individuals have different genetics, lifestyles, health backgrounds etc.
You make great points, I'm not aware of the studies.
From my experience, Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/) is a great place for research. You can just enter some key words (e.g. hba1c) in combination with plant-based, vegan, vegetarian, omnivore etc. and it will show you relevant scientific papers and studies. Still be sceptical with everything you find. Not every study or paper is independent and reliable. As a rough indicator you can look at the number of citations. Typically, good studies and articles are quoted more often.
As somebody who had been vegetarian for 30 years and now vegan for 3+ more. Iron and hemoglobin have never been a problem. Neither has B12 or vitD. What matters more (assuming you eat a well planned diet) is calories and activity level. There are times in my 35 years of veggie/vegan where BP has been way too high...it was directly related to weight and exercise.
I had 145/95 a few years back from being lazy and 15lbs overweight, got it back to 120/80 with daily walks and avoiding empty calorie stuff like Jelly Tots.
Idk any of that but the only recent bad sign I had was low vitamin D.
Are you taking a vitamin D/K2 supplement now, or sun exposure?
I will add that it’s not certain that my low vitamin D is plantbased related. My work is on the computer and my hobbies are mostly there as well.
Yes, recently been taking vitamin D and B12. Was never recommended K2.
Off topic - I did share my biometrics on lemmy here, but I'm not following PBF so it's not relevant to the post, just wanted to demonstrate I'm willing to share as well.