Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Vegetarians
- 3-7% of the UK are vegetarians
- more woman are vegetarians than men.
- Pesco-vegetarian
- all red meat and poultry are
excluded but fish and other animal
products are still consumed.
- Lacto-ovo-vegetarian
- all meat, fish and poultry are
exclused but milk, milk
products and eggs are still
consumed. most UK
vegetarians follow a
lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.
- Lacto-vegetarian
- all meat, fish, poultry
and eggs are
excluded. milk and
milk products are
consumed.
- Fruitarian
- all foods of animal origin as
well as pulses are cereals
are excluded. the diet
mainly consists of raw and
dried fruits, nuts, honey and
olive oil.
- Vegan
- all foods of animal origin are
excluded. the diet mainly consists of
grains, vegetables, vegetable oils,
cereal, pulses such as beans and
lentils, nuts, fruit and seeds. non-food
animal products, such as leather, may
also be avoided.
- Nutritional requirements of vegetarians
- a vegetarian diet that
includes milk or eggs
will contain sufficient
protein of a high
biological protein.
- protein from plant sources, with
the exception of soya, has a low
biological content, which means
that one or more of the essential
or indispensable amino acids
needed by the body are missing.
- If proteins from different plant sources
are eaten together, the amino acid
content of the plant proteins will
complement each other.
- There may be a problem
with adequate intakes of
vitamin D among
vegetarians.
- Low vitamin D status may be due to a combination of low
exposure to sunlight and the type of vegetarian die followed,
particularly if milk and milk products are excluded.
- Being a vegetarian is becoming more common among adolescents.
- Care needs to be taken to
ensure protein and energy
requirements are met.
- Dietary requirements of vegetarians
- Being a vegetarian doesn't mean avoiding meat.
- it's important to eat substitutes that
contain the same nutrients which would
have been provided by meat.
- a vegetarian diet is not
necessarily more healthy than an
omnivorous diet,
- Calcium is present in milk, cheese
and dairy products, so vegetarians
who consume milk and milk products
are likely to have adequate intakes of
calcium.
- non-haem iron is obtained freom sources such as eggs, cereal
foods, green vegetables, nut and pulses. It is important to
remember that if vitamin C is consumed from fruit, fruit juices
and vegetables this will enhance the absorption of non-haem
iron.