Holistic Health Through Plant-Based Diets: Metabolic Health and Physical Performance
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Sports Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 29
Special Issue Editor
Interests: physical activity; nutrition; health behaviour; prevention; mental health; proecological behaviour; vegans and vegetarians
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to provide a focused platform for contributions examining the health effects of vegetarian and plant-based dietary patterns, with particular emphasis on phytochemicals as integral components of these diets.
We invite original research, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses that move beyond single-nutrient approaches and address whole dietary patterns and dietary quality within vegetarian or predominantly plant-based models.
A key objective of this Special Issue is to collect and present current evidence on how plant-based diets and rich in phytochemicals interact with the physiological processes relevant to disease prevention and performance across the lifespan. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, cardiometabolic health, inflammation, oxidative stress, gut microbiota modulation, immune function, and metabolic regulation. Importantly, we encourage submissions that examine the combined and potentially synergistic effects of plant-based diets and physical activity, including their role in supporting metabolic health, body composition, physical performance, recovery, and healthy aging. No less important are submissions addressing interindividual variability, lifestyle context, and nutrient adequacy for physically active individuals and athletes.
By integrating dietary patterns with physical activity and lifestyle behaviors, this Special Issue seeks to advance a holistic understanding of how plant-based diets contribute to human health in real-world settings.
Dr. Anna Lipert
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plant-based diets
- phytochemicals
- physical activity
- chronic disease prevention
- physiological processes
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