The average vegetarian diet is alkaline - producing, and the average meat - eating diet is acid - producing.
Not exact matches
Maybe one of the reasons
vegetarians are so much slimmer, on
average, is because their
diets foster more of the lean - type bacteria, rather than the obese - type.
Studies have shown that a
vegetarian lifestyle leads to a longer and healthier life than the
average meat - eating
diet.
According to a 2013 review of previously published research,
vegetarians on
average eat just under 1 mg of zinc less than meat - eaters in their daily
diets.
The research also shows Australians whose
diet is largely or completely
vegetarian are 20 % more likely than
average to spend more than $ 40 per week on fruit and vegetables, 93 % more likely to buy organic food whenever they can, and 14 % more likely to try new types of food.
Vegetarian diets were associated, on
average, with a 6.9 - point drop in systolic blood pressure and a 4.7 - point drop in diastolic pressure.
«phytate is found in beans, grains, nuts, and seeds, the
average daily intake of phytate in
vegetarian diets is about twice that of those eating mixed
diets of plant and animal foods.»
They gave up on
average after four months, but those on a
vegetarian diet were still on it after two years.