Certain vegetarian diets, such as a vegan diet require even more work to getting a balanced diet.
Not exact matches
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics states that «appropriately planned
vegetarian diets, including total
vegetarian or vegan
diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of
certain diseases».
A teenage
vegetarian requires a plant based
diet that is balanced and high in
certain nutrients that you would normally get in large quantities from meat.
Like any
diet that doesn't include
certain foods, some
vegetarian diets make it harder to get enough energy, protein, and
certain nutrients.
Unfortanately, anybody that eats a highly
vegetarian or vegan
diet, or purposely avoids the fat from animal foods typically doesn't get enough vitamin K2 because K2 is almost entirely found in
certain animal foods such as the fat portion of pasture - raised dairy (butter and cream, full - fat yogurt, kefir, and also full - fat aged cheeses), egg yolks, or in some fermented foods like natto, which most people have never even tried.
Your body requires
certain amino acids that are hard to get from a plant - based
vegetarian diet.
Whatever your commendable reasons for adding more vegetables to your
diet or even becoming
vegetarian or vegan there are a few nutritional observations that you need to be aware of for instance whilst a
vegetarian plant - based
diet can provide higher amounts of
certain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, essential fatty acids and phytonutrients (nutrients found only in plants).
It is the position of the American Dietetic Association and Dietitians of Canada that appropriately planned
vegetarian diets are healthful, nutritionally adequate, and provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of
certain diseases.
It is not
certain if mixed
diet that contains creatine results in greater exercise performance than a
vegetarian diet.
Dogs are carnivores, however
certain dogs can actually benefit from a
vegetarian diet.
Vegetarian diets are also controversial, as cats are obligate carnivores and must have meat in order to get
certain nutrients.
The conservative American Dietetic Association acknowledges that «appropriately planned
vegetarian diets, including total
vegetarian or vegan
diets, are healthful, nutritionally adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of
certain diseases.»