Short term fasting and lactovegetarian diet does not affect human saliva

Abstract
Adults (42), visiting a Swedish health home, participated in the investigation, which included 6 days of fasting, followed by 6 days with a lactovegetarian diet. Only a minor and mostly not significant influence on secretion rate, buffer effect, concentration of various electrolytes, and number of lactobacilli and Streptococcus mutans of whole saliva was observed.