Original scientific paper DOI: 10.17508/CJFST.2018.10.2.06
Does the diet style affect the creatinine excretion?
DIJANA PODRAVAC1, MARTINA JURKOVIĆ2, TIHOMIR KOVAČ1*, BILJANA CREVAR1, BOJAN ŠARKANJ1
1Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Food Technology, Franje Kuhača 20, 31000 Osijek
2Croatian Food Agency, I. Gundulića 36b, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT |
Article history: Received: May 7, 2017 Accepted: May 30, 2018 |
There is a growing interest in alternative diets such as vegan or lacto-ovo vegetarian diet. The choice is made mainly for ethical, health reasons or both. Creatinine is a waste product of creatine phosphate metabolism in muscles, and the excretion rate is relatively constant. Forty-nine participants were tested in total: 5 lacto-ovo vegeterians, 14 vegans, and 30 omnivores. To compare the groups, all participants had a similar diet consisting of bread, bran flakes and wheat bran. The creatinine level was measured before the initiation of the diet in the first morning void, and in the sample of 24-h urine. The results confirmed slightly higher mean creatinine levels in males (1139 ± 517 mg/L), compared to females |
Keywords: lacto-ovo vegetarian, vegan, omnivore, creatinine, urine |