Vegetarian Diet: Their Impact
Several studies have shown that populations of individuals who follow a vegetarian diet have a lower incidence of certain diseases.
Among these diseases are cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes or certain cancers.
Based on all the aforementioned considerations about vegetarian food, we can note several nutritional differences between vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets (omnivores), for example:
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L-Carnitine
The increased number of people who have knowledge of the L-carnitine as an essential factor in the metabolism of fats and their subsequent transformation into energy or calories, make it a fashion item, but there are many nutritional properties of this dietary supplement.
What is L-Carnitine then?
Its chemical composition was first isolated in 1905 and although it is not, is similar to amino acids. It is synthesized in the liver, kidneys and brain from two essential amino acids lysine and methionine, but for proper synthesis and utilization requires the presence of iron in the body, vitamin C and B complex vitamins Once produced and, L-Carnitine is involved in numerous reactions of our metabolism. (more…)
Tell me, too, that are controversial but some things do not I hold their own, no, I woke up with the moon wrong and now you explain where it came from my disappointment: just last week we had spoken out in the British Journal of Cancer Research that a vegetarian diet was a very good protection to the majority of tumors; here was that after a few days out Australian research published in the pages of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that vegetarians have much more fragile bones of meat eaters and Their bones were on average 5% less dense.
Gets worse for vegans whose bones were 6% weaker. (more…)
In winter it is easier to indulge in rich food and a sedentary lifestyle in addition, it is known that during the holiday season we are tempted to eat treats of all kinds. Thus, in the forthcoming local dishes that needs to dispose of chiletto too much mission impossible? No, just follow for a couple of weeks on a vegetarian diet detox.
The vegetarian diet lacking meat and fish is ideal to detoxify the body and protect the body from the effects of time, because a menu rich in fruits and vegetables and no meat or fish can ensure right dose of antioxidants, with the result of having the flat stomach and skin radiant. (more…)
Just yesterday, we talked about the health benefits obtained by observing a style like vegetarian food, but today we will take stock on any nutritional deficiencies that could be incurred by excluding from their diet of meat, fish and even, in the diet lacto-vegetarian and vegan their derivatives.
The most common deficiency in a vegetarian diet are those of iron, calcium and vitamins D and B12, but while iron deficiency affects all vegetarians, that calcium mainly concerns those who follow a vegan diet, which, as we have seen, provides exclusion from the diet including foods derived from animals such as milk and eggs.
However, as the fiber and other substances found in abundance in vegetables limit the intestinal absorption of calcium is also essential for those who follow a vegetarian diet far less sure that the daily intake of calcium is insufficient, while vegans will need to use supplements foods that contain this mineral. Always the exclusion of milk and dairy exhibits vegans at risk of vitamin D. (more…)
The choice to become vegetarian can be motivated by different reasons: some become vegetarians for ethical reasons, or because they refuse to eat the flesh of other living beings, others for religious reasons, see the followers of Eastern religions, still others for the benefits that follow a vegetarian diet can make to health. For all these reasons, it adds evidence that a diet that excludes meat would allow better use of food resources worldwide.
It is thought that, while a hectare of land planted with soybeans produces 1800 pounds of vegetable protein, the same area used for grazing permits instead of getting only 60 pounds of animal protein, it follows that if all the areas devoted to fodder for animals were used for farming, the availability of food resources would increase substantially. (more…)
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