Gaining popularity in recent years, more and more people are adpoting a vegetarian diet for a number of reasons such as:

 

• For health reasons

• For economical purposes

• Through religious, cultural or spiritual beliefs

• Family and peer influences

• To promote environmental sustainability

 

Regardless of your motivation for doing so, it is important to be knowledgeable about how to ensure your diet is still nutritionally complete. As certain food groups are omitted through a vegetarian diet, careful planning is necessary to prevent nutrient deficiences, as these could be detrimental to your health despite the benefits of following a vegetarian diet.

 

Through this section, we will be exploring key elements relating to a nutritionally complete vegetarian diet as well as other topics of interests, including: 

 

• Types of vegetarians

• Benefits of a vegetarian diet

• Knowing your food groups

• Healthy serving sizes

• Meat alternatives

• Nutritionally complete vegetarian diets

• Reading food labels

• Healthy cooking methods

• What are GMOs?

• Organic foods