Vegetarian Diet
What is a Vegetarian Diet?
A vegetarian diet is broadly defined as a diet excluding animal products such as meat, poultry and fish. However, there is no single vegetarian eating pattern.
A lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet – which is the most popular – is based on grains,
vegetables, fruits, legumes, seeds, nuts, dairy products and eggs, but contains no meat, fish or poultry .
A vegan diet, which is similar to the lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet but also excludes dairy products, eggs and other animal products, is one of the most restrictive vegetarian
diets.
Lack of consistency in the word “vegetarian” has led to the suggestion that it be replaced with the term “plant-based”. However, this term may be inappropriate given that a plant-based diet can still contain animal products
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