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The vegetarian diet is to consume plant foods while avoiding animal products. However, some vegetarians also eat eggs, cheese and fish.
Vegetarian diets can provide all the nutrients you need at any age, as well as some additional benefits to health. Vegetarian diets often has lower rates of total fat, saturated fat and cholesterol than a diet of meat, in addition to providing more fiber, magnesium, potassium, folic acid and antioxidants like vitamins C and E. The vegetarian diet can reduce blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels and help maintain a healthier weight, while reducing the incidence of type 2 diabetes, factors that reduce the risk of heart disease and of cerebral vascular accident (stroke). Read the rest of this entry »