Weight Loss Resources For Vegetarians
Guide To Resources About Weight Control for Vegetarian Dieters

Weight Management And Vegetarianism

A diet rich in fruits and vegetables can decrease the chances of coronary heart disease and reduce the risk of several cancers. A balanced vegetarian eating plan can lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of developing diverticulitis, and protect against cataract and macular degeneration, the major cause of vision loss among people over age 65.

But not all vegetarian diets are balanced or healthy. After all, a veggie diet is simply a non-meat (and maybe non-animal food) eating plan. If you are a vegetarian and want to reduce weight, here’s some advice.

First, a probable cause of your overweight is a high fat vegetarian diet. Perhaps you are eating too many fatty convenience foods, or adding too much cooking oil/fat to your meals.

Second, while vegetarianism has great health benefits, you need to eat a wide variety of foods to ensure a healthy nutritional intake. And if you are vegan or following a macrobiotic diet, you need to eat vitamin B12-fortified foods (eg. breakfast cereal) or take nutritional supplements. Ovo-lacto vegetarians generally obtain all the necessary nutrients from their food.

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NOTE: US Dietary Guidelines (2005) For Vegetarians

These advise that although vegetarians may get enough nutrition through careful selection of foods, they should give special attention to their intakes of protein, iron, and vitamin B12, as well as calcium and vitamin D if avoiding milk products. In addition, vegetarians could select only nuts, seeds, and legumes from the meat and beans group, or they could include eggs if so desired. At the 2,000-calorie level, a vegetarian could choose about 1.5 ounces of nuts and 2/3 cup legumes instead of 5.5 ounces of meat, poultry, and/or fish. One egg, ½ ounce of nuts, or ¼ cup of legumes is considered equivalent to 1 ounce of meat, poultry, or fish in the USDA Food Guide.

Vegetarian Diet For Life
Balanced vegetarian diet plan for long term health and weight control.

Vegetarian Diet Nutrition
Nutritional advice for vegetarians, concerning a healthy veggie diet.

Vegan Diet
Dietary advice for vegans and strict vegetarians.

Vegetarian Diet Health Benefits
Healthy consequences of eating a balanced vegetarian diet. Vegetarianism compared to meat-eaters.

Healthy Diet Advice
Guide to Healthy dieting.

Diets For Special Conditions
Diet Plans for health complaints.

Diets For Womens Health
Diet plans for female health problems.

Food Digestion Guide
Explanation of how we digest fats, carbs and proteins.

Guide To Calories In Food
Advice about calorie content of food, calorie intake and calorie needs.

Obesity Diet Guide
Diet plan to reduce body mass index.

Guide To Obesity
Advice for mild, severe, morbid and super obese. Plus abdominal obesity help.

Diet Nutrition Guide
Advice about micronutrients, macronutrients, including vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber.

Diet Foods
Guide to lower calorie healthy food.

Diet And Health Guide
How food benefits our health.

Guide To Diet And Protein
Advice about healthy proteins.

Dietary Fat Guide
Advice about healthy fats.

Carbs And Diet Information
Advice about carbohydrates in daily diet.