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Zinc and vegetarian diets

open access: yesMedical Journal of Australia, 2012
Well planned vegetarian diets can provide adequate amounts of zinc from plant sources. Vegetarians appear to adapt to lower zinc intakes by increased absorption and retention of zinc. Good sources of zinc for vegetarians include whole grains, tofu, tempeh, legumes, nuts and seeds, fortified breakfast cereals and dairy products.
Saunders, Angela V.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

The Diet of Prisoners in England

open access: yes, 2007
Purpose – The purpose of this research is to establish whether the meals provided by the prison service enable prisoners to follow government guidelines on nutrition and healthy eating, and the extent to which they do so. Design/methodology/approach –
Reeve, William G.   +3 more
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Potential Role of Vegetarianism on Nutritional and Cardiovascular Status in Taiwanese Dialysis Patients: A Case-Control Study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Background & objectivesCardiovascular disease remains the most common cause of death for patients on chronic dialysis. End stage renal disease patients undergoing dialysis imposed to reduce phosphorus intake, which likely contributes to development of ...
Shih-Hsiang Ou   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary Patterns and Determinants of Pregnant and Lactating Women From Marginalized Communities in India: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2020
Objective: Dietary pattern analysis has emerged as a balanced and realistic approach that reflects how the food is consumed in real life. However, previous studies have overlooked the two important phases in women's life, pregnancy, and lactation.
Shantanu Sharma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Benefits of Vegetarian Diet

open access: yes, 2021
My presentation will include the benefits of a vegetarian diet. I will discuss the nutrients that vegetarian diet provides and how it benefits the body in a essential way.
Segobiano, Michael
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Plant Based Diets and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction: The prevalence of diabetes in the world continues to increase. Most cases of type 2 diabetes are caused by modifiable risk factors, including unhealthy diets based on meat and processed products, low physical activity, overweight and ...
Martyna Rozenbajgier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do urban tourists prefer vegetarianism? An urban-rural comparison of vegetarian consumption in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2022
The adoption of a vegetarian diet might have public health and environmental benefits. However, little is known about urban and rural Generation Z tourists' attitudes toward vegetarianism or vegetarian consumption within the Chinese urban and rural ...
Guoyi Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Vegetarian/Flexitarian Diet

open access: yes, 2023
Vegetarian diets are gaining popularity in the United States, although only a small fraction of the adult population follows some version of a vegetarian diet. Plant-based diets are heterogeneous in practice. Well-planned vegetarian and flexitarian diets
Miketinas, Derek C.   +1 more
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Influence of dietary habits on blood pressure in preadolescent boys of Coastal Karnataka.

open access: yesNational Journal of Physiology, Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2013
Background: The relationship between dysregulation of cardiovascular autonomic functions and development of the hypertension has been well established in adults.
Bhima Bhat   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health, environmental, and animal rights motives for vegetarian eating.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Health, the environment, and animal rights represent the three main reasons people cite for vegetarian diet in Western societies. However, it has not been shown that these motives can be distinguished empirically, and little is known about what kind of ...
Christopher J Hopwood   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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