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There are many different types of vegetarian diets->
Lacto-Ovo: Excludes meat, fish and poultry but includes dairy& eggs.
Ovo-vegetarian: Excludes meat, fish and poultry but includes eggs.
Vegan: Excludes all animal products
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A1: Why do people choose vegetarian diets?
•Sustainability and environmental reasons, unethical farming practices
•Health reasons
•Religious & personal reasons
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❤️🩹Reduced risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes
⚕️Protection against some cancers
🍎🥕Higher intake of several key nutrients, such as fiber, antioxidants, and phytochemicals
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Vitamin B12 supplementation is strongly advised especially to pregnant and breastfeeding women with a vegetarian/vegan diet.
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There is a greater risk of nutritional deficiency if children have a vegetarian/vegan diet. Nutrients with particular concern are protein, calcium, zinc, iron, vitamins A,D,E,B12 and essential fatty acids.
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Some different types of vegetarian diets are lacto-vegetarians which exclude eggs from diet and ovo-vegetarians include eggs but exclude dairy products.
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Main reasons for the rise of vegetarians is that some people do it for religious or ethical reasons. Some people do it for health as it can reduce the risk of cancers and heart diseases.
Welcome BSc. Public Health Nutrition 3 to todays twitter chat on vegetarian and vegan diets. We will be answering 6 questions. Please make sure you type in the number of the question you are answering and include #ATUnutrition in your answer. Enjoy 😊
We set up a stand in the Student Union in @atugalwaycityss for Health a Wellbeing week !! Have a look and some tips on how to have an affordable healthy diet.