Health effects of vegetarian and vegan diets.
@article{Key2006HealthEO, title={Health effects of vegetarian and vegan diets.}, author={T. Key and P. Appleby and M. Rosell}, journal={The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society}, year={2006}, volume={65 1}, pages={ 35-41 } }
Vegetarian diets do not contain meat, poultry or fish; vegan diets further exclude dairy products and eggs. Vegetarian and vegan diets can vary widely, but the empirical evidence largely relates to the nutritional content and health effects of the average diet of well-educated vegetarians living in Western countries, together with some information on vegetarians in non-Western countries. In general, vegetarian diets provide relatively large amounts of cereals, pulses, nuts, fruits and… CONTINUE READING
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