Vegetarianism, a Way of LifeAbstract: The public has been exposed to misinformation on vegetarian diets. A wide range of health, ethical, religious, and historical issues on vegetarianism are covered to present vegetarian diets in perspective. The three basic vegetarian diets are lact-ovo (milk, eggs included), lacto (no eggs), and vegan (no eggs, diary products or any foodstuffs made with eggs or dairy products). Non-flesh-food sources have as many nutrients as flesh foods. The only thing all vegatarians have in common is their abstinence from all types of animal foods. Vegetarians have a variety of reasons for adopting the diet; their personalities are diverse and do not conform to a stereotype or lifestyle. Controversial issues included are: the myths on proteins, the relation of ecology to vegetarianism, the unneccessary killing of animals, the status of meat consumption, and the economics of diet. An appendix covers the vegetarian movement. |
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The Three Basic Vegetarian Diets | 1 |
The Protein Myth | 16 |
Anatomy Diet and Disease | 23 |
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