Vegetarian diets types

These data about the effect of dietary protein and calcium loss are consistent with epidemiological evidence linking diet and bone calcium loss. Walker, et al. (6) reported fracture rates ten times greater among white South Africans eating a meat-rich European type diet than among the local Bantu who consumed a vegetarian diet. 

There is evidence that adherence to a vegetarian diet reduces the incidence of some types of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. The possible mechanisms by which some of the components of these and other diets may have a beneficial effect are given in Table 15.9. 

The evaluation of lead intakes from diet was realised in the Slovak Republic in two types of total diet (ovo-lacto-vegetarian diet and non-vegetarian standard diet) collected from the kindergartens in Bratislava (capital of Slovakia) in 1991-1994 (Table 15). The results of median weekly intakes represented 27% of the PTWI in non-vegetarian children and 40% in vegetarian children. The authors did not find... 

The risk of iodine deficiency in vegetarians reflects the extent to which iodine-containing foods are excluded from their diets. For example, those who adhere to highly restricted diets are more likely to suffer deficiency than others who consume dairy products, which are generally iodine-rich. Thus, to consider the likely prevalence of iodine deficiency in vegetarians, it is necessary to consider the nature and severity of individual dietary restrictions. However, the scientific and popular literature have adopted an array of variable and sometimes overlapping nomenclature to describe various types of vegetarian diets (Dwyer et al., 1974 Johnston, 2000 Weinsier, 2000). In order to standardize our discussion and enhance comparability between the studies considered below, we have adopted the dietary terms and definitions outfined in Tables 54.1 and 54.2, respectively. 

Table 54.1 Types of vegetarian diets, inciuding the foods exciuded and inoiuded by each...

It is adequate to provide the population with a nutritionally acceptable, but mainly vegetarian, diet. If the populace were given the free choice of the types of food they would tike to consume, including some animal proteins, this may not be entirely tme. 

Vegetarianism. The types of diets used by people who abstain from eating meat vary widely in terms of the other foods that are used or not used. 

Types of Vegetarians Prevalence of Vegetarianism Problems of Vegetarianism Healthful Vegetarian Diets Meat Substitutes... 

While the history of vegetarian movements can E)e tracked, it is important to rememljer that in much of the world, adherenc e to a vegetarian diet is not by choic e but by economics and availability. Por centuries large populations of the world have survived on vegetarian diets of one type or another out of necessity. 

The term vegetarian diet does not fully describe the variety in nutrient intakes and health status of those who follow such eating patterns. There are many different types of vegetarian eating patterns (see Table 1). The impact of these patterns on nutritional status and health requires more complete characterization of diet and other aspects of lifestyle than such a simple descriptor. 

Variety within food groups may even be increased on vegetarian diets. For example, among those consuming vegan diets the amount and type of legumes as well as other vegetables and fruits is often increased. 

Show how low-fat or high-fat, vegetarian, and children s diets will influence the number and type of chemicals consumed... 

Six subjects who were participants in a study on effects of several purified fibers on nutrient utilization and who were vegetarians were age, sex, height, weight and ethnic-group matched with six subjects from this series of studies who were omnivores. The laboratory-controlled diet fed to all subjects for 21-28 days was a lacto-vegetarlan type. The basal diet provided 10.10 mg of zinc and 14.7 g of fiber. Cellulose, hemi-cellulose or pectin were added to the basal diet to provide 20 g fiber/day in separate, randomly arranged period of 6 to 7 days each. 

Perhaps the most common objection to any type of vegetarianism comes from a misconception about deficiencies in the diet, particularly protein. But it... 

As shown in Table IV, even though the omnivore subjects continued to receive an omnivore-type diet, these subjects had no significantly better hemoglobin, hematocrit, or blood serum iron levels than did the vegetarian subjects who received the closely matched controlled diet in which meat and fish were replaced by soy products. 

Pesoetarian A vegetarian-type diet that includes fish, shellfish and crustaceans... 

Fruitarians. These individuals consume diets consisting of raw or dried fruits, nuts honey, and olive oil. Some may supplement with grains and legumes. Each type of vegetarianism may run some risk of dietary inadequacy-than others. 

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