Short term fasting and lactovegetarian diet does not affect human saliva.
Forty-two adults, visiting a Swedish health home, participated in the investigation, which included a 6-day period of fasting, followed by a 6-day period with a lactovegetarian diet. The results obtained indicated only a minor and mostly not significant influence on secretion rate, buffer effect, concentration of various electrolytes, and number of lactobacilli and S. mutans of whole saliva.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk; D012463:Saliva / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D012636:Secretory Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014675:Vegetables