If healthy adults in Finland switch to eating mostly plant-based proteins like beans, nuts, and whole grains instead of meat and dairy for 12 weeks, they can stick to it, feel fine, and won’t gain or lose weight.

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Replacing Animal-Based Proteins with Plant-Based Proteins Changes the Composition of a Whole Nordic Diet—A Randomised Clinical Trial in Healthy Finnish Adults

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2020 Mar 28

This study gave people a diet where 70% of their protein came from plants like beans and nuts instead of meat and dairy, and after 12 weeks, they stuck with it well, didn’t gain or lose weight, and stayed healthy — just like the claim says.

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Replacing Animal-Based Proteins with Plant-Based Proteins Changes the Composition of a Whole Nordic Diet—A Randomised Clinical Trial in Healthy Finnish Adults

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DOI: 10.3390/nu12040943

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If healthy Finnish adults between 20 and 69 swap out 40% of their meat and dairy protein for plant proteins like beans and lentils for 12 weeks, they’ll eat more fiber, less unhealthy fat, and their bad cholesterol will drop—without changing their good cholesterol or triglycerides.

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