Vegetarian News and Views
We’ve all heard the phrase: ‘when you’re pregnant you are eating for two,’ and it is true that when you are expecting your body needs at least twice the nutrients that it normally needs. The reason behind this is that nutrients are essential to ensure a healthy pregnancy. Nutrients are also essential for the proper [...]
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Are you thinking of loosing some weight, perhaps on the run up to Christmas or some other celebrtion. Maybe you are not a vegetarian but feel that a vegetarian diet could help you loose weight. Whatever the reason the the advice is the same, choose a diet with plenty of grain products, vegetables, and fruits.
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Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets have advantages. Vegetarian diets tend to be rich in antioxidants, certain vitamins, and healthy fats. Non-vegetarian diets, by contrast, tend to contain more protein, iron, zinc, calcium, and vitamin B-12.
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As with most dietary questions, vegans are split on the issue of dairy products–not so much on the question of whether or not they are acceptable, but instead for what reasons they should not be consumed. All vegans (or at least true vegans) abstain from consuming dairy products. Some do so for nutritional reasons; others [...]
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Many people start vegetarian and vegan diets without devoting an adequate amount of time to nutritional research and meal planning. As a result, a considerable amount of people who start vegetarian diets do not last for more than 1-2 months.
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There are many types of vegetarian diets. The two most common are lacto-ovo, which includes eggs and milk products, but not meat, and vegan, which doesn’t include any form of animal products.
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