How a diet free from animal proteins challenges the liver

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Although a plant-based diet is recommended, notably for its environmental benefits, the health consequences of such a diet—in which protein intake is exclusively plant-based—are not yet fully understood. Scientists at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) have studied, in mice, the effects of switching from a diet containing both animal and plant proteins to one containing only plant proteins. Within…

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