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Vegetarian Diets
Diet and health are intricately related. What type of diet is associated with better health is a question of great personal and public health interest. A vegetarian diet is believed to promote health, delay the development of chronic diseases, and increase longevity.
Definition and Trends
What is a vegetarian diet? There is no consensus regarding the definition. The term vegetarian encompasses a wide range of dietary practices with potentially differing health implications. Generally, a vegetarian is defined as one who consumes little or no animal products. Specifically, vegans consume exclusively plant-based foods. Lactovegetarians consume dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and cheese, while lacto-ovo-vegetarians also add egg to their diet. There are other types of diets, such as macrobiotic and fruitarian diets, that are more restrictive than ...
- Aging
- Aerobic Capacity and Aging
- Aging and Immune Dysfunction
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Diet and Diseases of Aging
- Diet and Longevity
- Drug Interactions and Functional Status in Older Adults
- Elder Abuse
- End-of-Life Issues
- Flexibility and Flexibility Training
- Functional Fitness Exercise
- Injury Prevention in Older Adults
- Meaning and Health in Older Adults
- Memory Fitness
- Mobility and Health
- Nutrition for Older Adults
- Older Americans Act (1965)
- Osteoarthritis: Lifestyle Management
- Osteoporosis and Strength Training
- Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning
- Physical Activity and Exercise for Older Adults
- Sarcopenia in Older Adults
- Social Connection and Relationships in Successful Aging
- Successful Aging
- Walking and Health
- Water Exercise
- Behavioral Medicine
- Adherence
- Anger, Hostility, and Disease
- Anxiety and Behavioral Treatment
- Appetite and Satiety
- Behavior Modification
- Behavioral Change Theories in Health Care Delivery
- Bereavement and Grief
- Biofeedback
- Coping
- Cravings for Alcohol During Recovery
- Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders in Athletes
- Health Behaviors, Motivations and Barriers to Change in Older Adults
- Imagery in Sport Performance
- Mechanisms of Change and Adherence in Physical Activity and Exercise
- Motivational Interviewing
- Pain, Pain Perception, and Behavior
- Psychosocial Influences on Physical Activity and Exercise
- Religion, Health Benefits of
- Sleep
- Social Support, Relationships, and Health
- Stress, Immune Dysfunction, and Health
- Stress, Theory and Physiology of
- Volunteerism: Role in Health
- Cardiovascular Medicine
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Atherosclerosis
- Biofeedback
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiovascular Fitness: Maximal Oxygen Intake Measurement and Its Significance
- Cardiovascular Health in Women
- Cardiovascular Health, Cardiovascular Disease, and Lifestyle
- Cardiovascular Response to Exercise Training
- Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia, and Lifestyle
- Diet, Nutrition, and Cardiovascular Disease
- Exercise Prescription
- Exercise Testing in Cardiovascular Disease
- Heart Rate Training Methods and Monitoring
- Hypertension: Lifestyle in Etiology, Prevention, and Management
- Plant Sterols and Plant Sterol Esters
- Sedentary Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Disease
- Statins
- Warfarin
- Water Exercise
- Chronic Disease, Disease Prevention, and Lifestyle Behaviors
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Disease
- Arthralgia
- Asthma
- Breast Cancer: Lifestyle in Prevention and Treatment
- Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Cancer, Exercise, and Immunity
- Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia, and Lifestyle
- Chronic Disease and Contributing Lifestyle Behaviors, Epidemiology of
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Coagulation Disorders
- Cold Sore
- Colon Cancer: Lifestyle in Prevention and Treatment
- Diabetes Mellitus and Lifestyle
- Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition in Prevention and Management of
- Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, and Visceral Adiposity
- Diet and Diseases of Aging
- Diet and HIV
- Exercise and the Common Cold
- Exercise in Children and Risks of Adult Chronic Disease
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- Genetics, Lifestyle, and Chronic Disease
- Glycemic Index of Foods and Chronic Disease
- Headache, Tension-Type: Lifestyle and Pharmacotherapy Interventions
- Headache, Treatment of Chronic Benign in Primary Setting
- HIV: Role of Exercise in Promoting Health
- Hypertension: Lifestyle in Etiology, Prevention, and Management
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lifestyle Management of Type 2 Diabetes
- Lung Cancer: Lifestyle Factors in Risk, Prevention, and Treatment
- Musculoskeletal Fitness
- Myocardial Ischemia (Angina), Infarction (Heart Attack), and Lifestyle
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Oral Health and Nutrition
- Osteoarthritis: Lifestyle Management
- Osteoporosis and Strength Training
- Oxidative Stress
- Physical Activity, Barriers to
- Prostate Cancer: Lifestyle in Prevention and Treatment
- Relapse Prevention
- Sedentary Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Disease
- Sleep
- Stress, Immune Dysfunction, and Health
- Stress, Theory and Physiology of
- Systemic Inflammation and Chronic Diseases
- Concepts in Lifestyle Medicine
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Culture, Evolution, and Obesity
- Health Literacy
- Immunology and Lifestyle Medicine
- Life Course: Concepts
- Lifestyle Medicine: History and Overview
- Medicalization of Lifestyle Health Issues
- Multidimensional Functional Assessment
- Social Support, Relationships, and Health
- Stress, Theory and Physiology of
- Traditional Medical Systems: Origin and Global Spread
- Epidemiology and Demographics of Lifestyle-Related Health Issues
- Alcohol and Injury
- Alcohol Use and Abuse, Epidemiology of
- Bias in Epidemiologic Studies
- Cancer, Behavior, Diet, and Exercise, Epidemiology of
- Cell Phone Use and Driving
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Chronic Disease and Contributing Lifestyle Behaviors, Epidemiology of
- Drug Abuse, Epidemiology of
- Elder Abuse
- Family History
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Injuries in Children, Unintentional
- Injuries, Unintentional, Epidemiology of
- Injury Prevention in Older Adults
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Psychosocial Influences on Physical Activity and Exercise
- Tobacco Use and Disease, Epidemiology of
- Violence Against Children
- Exercise Physiology
- Adipose Tissue
- Aerobic Training
- Anti-Inflammatory Cytokine Response to Exercise
- Athletic Staleness Syndrome
- Blood Pressure Response to Exercise
- Body Composition in Exercise Physiology
- Body Temperature and Exercise
- Cardiovascular Fitness: Maximal Oxygen Intake Measurement and Its Significance
- Cardiovascular Response to Exercise Training
- Cold and Exercise
- Detraining
- Eating Before Competition
- Endurance Training
- Exercise and Drug Interactions
- Exercise and Immune Function in Children and Adolescents
- Exercise Prescription
- Functional Fitness Exercise
- Gender Differences in Exercise Responses
- Genes and Responses to Exercise
- Humidity and Exercise
- Hydration and Exercise
- J-Curve Model of Infection and Exercise
- Marathon Running and Immune Response
- Muscle Endurance and Strength: Exercises and Measurement
- Natural Killer-Cell Activity and Exercise
- Obesity, Lifestyle Management of
- Osteoporosis and Strength Training
- Overload Principle in Physical Therapy
- Physical Activity and Blood Lipids
- Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning
- Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents, Measurements of
- Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Vigor
- Reactive Oxygen Species: Effect of Diet and Exercise on Oxidation
- Recreational Activity, Dietary Intake, and Weight Management
- Reserve Capacity
- Resistance Training
- Resistance Training and Immune Response
- Resting Energy Expenditure
- Salivary IgA Response to Exercise
- Walking and Health
- Water Exercise
- Exercise-Related Injuries
- Food and Nutrition
- Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Adolescent Nutrition
- Amino Acids in Nutrition and Metabolism
- Antioxidants
- Beef
- Breakfast and Health
- Caloric Intake and Health
- Cereals, Breakfast
- Cheeses
- Chewing Gum
- Chicken and Poultry
- Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia, and Lifestyle
- Dairy Products
- Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition in Prevention and Management of
- Diet and Longevity
- Diet, Nutrition, and Cardiovascular Disease
- Dietary Reference Intakes
- Eggs
- Environmental Contaminants in Foods
- Fad Diets
- Fat Replacers
- Fiber in Food
- Folate
- Food Allergy
- Food Marketing Programs
- Food Safety
- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938)
- Fructose
- Fruit Juices in Balanced Nutrition
- Fruits in Balanced Nutrition
- Fuels for Exercise
- Glycemic Index of Foods and Chronic Disease
- Grains, Whole and Refined
- Lactose Intolerance
- Legumes
- Low-Carbohydrate Diets
- Macronutrients
- Mediterranean Diet
- Natural Toxins in Food
- Nutrient Partitioning
- Nutrition and Cancer
- Nutrition and Epigenetics
- Nutrition Communications
- Nutrition for Children
- Nutrition for Infants and Toddlers
- Nutrition for Older Adults
- Nutrition in Emerging Adulthood
- Nutrition Labeling and Daily Values
- Nutrition Recommendations and Pregnancy
- Nutrition, Links to the Immune System
- Nutritional Countermeasures to Immune Dysfunction
- Nuts
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids
- Organic Foods
- Phytochemicals
- Plant Sterols and Plant Sterol Esters
- Portion Control
- Salt
- School Meals
- Snacks
- Soft Drinks and Sugared Beverages
- Starvation
- Vegan Diets
- Vegetable Oils
- Vegetables
- Vegetarian Diets
- Vitamins C and E, Immunity, and Exercise
- Health Policy, Public Health, and Health Education
- Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (ACSM)
- Adherence
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Built Environment and Health
- Cancer Screening and Prevention
- Car Safety for Infants and Children
- Cell Phone Use and Driving
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Community Prevention Programs
- Consumer Media: Coverage of Nutritional Information and Issues
- Cough and Cold Products
- Diet and HIV
- Dietary Reference Intakes
- Disabilities, Health Promotion for People With
- Elder Abuse
- Environmental Contaminants in Foods
- Environmental Exposures and Human Health
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Food Marketing Programs
- Food Safety
- Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (1938)
- Health Communication
- Health Literacy
- Health Promotion in Latinos
- Mobility and Health
- Multidimensional Functional Assessment
- Nutrition Communications
- Nutrition Education
- Nutrition for Children
- Nutrition Labeling and Daily Values
- Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
- Obesity Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents
- Obesity, Lifestyle Management of
- Older Americans Act (1965)
- Oral Health and Nutrition
- Over-the-Counter Products, Issues in Use of
- Physical Activity Guidelines and Recommendations
- Physical Activity, Promoting in African Americans
- Physical Education
- Preventing Traffic Injuries
- Social Marketing in Health Promotion
- Violence Against Children
- Volunteerism: Role in Health
- Worksite Health Promotion and Interventions
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
- Immunology and Infectious Diseases
- Anxiety, Depression, and Chronic Disease
- Athlete's Foot
- Cancer, Exercise, and Immunity
- Carbohydrate Intake and Immunity
- Cold Sore
- Exercise and Immune Function in Children and Adolescents
- Exercise Immunology: Mechanisms of Action
- Exercise, Heavy Exertion, and Immune Dysfunction
- Food Allergy
- HIV: Role of Exercise in Promoting Health
- Immunology and Lifestyle Medicine
- Infectious Diseases and Lifestyle Medicine
- J-Curve Model of Infection and Exercise
- Marathon Running and Immune Response
- Natural Killer-Cell Activity and Exercise
- Nutrition, Links to the Immune System
- Nutritional Countermeasures to Immune Dysfunction
- Onychomycosis (Nail Fungus)
- Oxidative Stress
- Resistance Training and Immune Response
- Salivary IgA Response to Exercise
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women
- Skin Disorders: Prevention and Treatment
- Sleep Deprivation and Immunity
- Stress, Immune Dysfunction, and Health
- Vaccines, Infectious Diseases, and Immunity in Adults
- Vaccines, Infectious Diseases, and Immunity in Children
- Vaccines, Travel
- Vitamins C and E, Immunity, and Exercise
- Internal Medicine
- Men's Health
- Obesity and Weight Management
- Bariatric Surgery in Obesity Treatment
- Culture, Evolution, and Obesity
- Energy Metabolism and Thermogenesis in Human Obesity
- Mediterranean Diet
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
- Obesity in Adolescents
- Obesity in Children
- Obesity Risk Factors in Children and Adolescents
- Obesity, Lifestyle Management of
- Obesity, Management in Primary Care
- Obesity, the Brain, and Cognitive Function
- Recreational Activity, Dietary Intake, and Weight Management
- Weight Loss Diets and Programs, Efficacy of
- Weight Management in Children and Adolescents
- Pain Management
- Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine
- Adolescent Nutrition
- Advertising, Branding, and Pediatric Nutrition
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Cognitive Function and Physical Activity in Children
- Eating Disorders in Adolescents
- Exercise and Immune Function in Children and Adolescents
- Exercise in Children and Risks of Adult Chronic Disease
- Fitness in Children, Development of
- Metabolic Syndrome in Youth and Physical Activity
- Nutrition for Children
- Nutrition for Infants and Toddlers
- Nutrition in Emerging Adulthood
- Obesity in Adolescents
- Obesity in Children
- Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents, Measurements of
- Physical Education
- Pregnancy in Adolescents: Lifestyle Management for Health
- Smoking and Youth
- Violence Against Children
- Weight Management in Children and Adolescents
- Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
- Physical Activity and Inactivity
- Addiction to Physical Activity
- Balance Exercises
- Balance, Coordination, and Gait
- Body Composition: Measurement Techniques
- Bone Health, Contribution of Physical Activity
- Cancer, Exercise, and Immunity
- Disabilities, Health Promotion for People With
- Exercise and Drug Interactions
- Exercise and Mental Health
- Exercise Prescription
- Exercise When Sick
- Exercise, Heavy Exertion, and Immune Dysfunction
- Flexibility and Flexibility Training
- Functional Fitness Exercise
- Mechanisms of Change and Adherence in Physical Activity and Exercise
- Metabolic Syndrome and Diet
- Metabolic Syndrome in Youth and Physical Activity
- Mobility and Health
- Musculoskeletal Fitness
- Physical Activity and Blood Lipids
- Physical Activity and Cognitive Functioning
- Physical Activity and Diabetes
- Physical Activity and Disability
- Physical Activity and Emotional Health
- Physical Activity and Exercise for Older Adults
- Physical Activity and Quality of Life
- Physical Activity Guidelines and Recommendations
- Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents, Measurements of
- Physical Activity Risks
- Physical Activity, Barriers to
- Physical Activity, Exercise, and Depression
- Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Vigor
- Physical Activity, Promoting in African Americans
- Physical Activity, Purposeful
- Physical Activity, Sport, and Self-Esteem
- Pregnancy, Fetal Health, and Lifestyle Issues
- Psychosocial Influences on Physical Activity and Exercise
- Range of Motion
- Recreational Activity, Dietary Intake, and Weight Management
- Sedentary Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Disease
- Sleep
- Walking and Health
- Water Exercise
- Physical Therapy
- Preventive Medicine
- Cancer, Behavior, Diet, and Exercise, Epidemiology of
- Car Safety for Infants and Children
- Cell Phone Use and Driving
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Dental Health and Preventive Care
- Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition in Prevention and Management of
- Elder Abuse
- Exercise Prescription
- Health Promotion in Latinos
- Home Injuries, Preventing
- Injury Prevention in Exercise and Sport
- Injury Prevention in Older Adults
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Physical Education
- Phytochemicals
- Preventing Traffic Injuries
- Skin Disorders: Prevention and Treatment
- Violence Against Children
- Walking and Health
- Women's Health and Lifestyle
- Worksite Health Promotion and Interventions
- Substance use and Abuse
- Addiction
- Alcohol and Injury
- Alcohol Use and Abuse in Women
- Alcohol Use in Adolescents
- Alcohol Use, Abuse, and Dependence
- Caffeine
- Cravings for Alcohol During Recovery
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Hallucinogens
- Inhalant Abuse
- Narcotics, Opiates, and Opioids
- Over-the-Counter Products, Issues in Use of
- Psychoactive Drugs
- Smoking and Youth
- Smoking Cessation Therapies and Programs
- Tobacco and Nicotine Dependence
- Tobacco Use and Disease, Epidemiology of
- Tobacco, Smokeless
- Women's Health
- Alcohol Use and Abuse in Women
- Angina, Angina Pectoris, and Chest Pain Syndromes in Women
- Breast Cancer: Lifestyle in Prevention and Treatment
- Breastfeeding and Lactation
- Cardiovascular Health in Women
- Cervicitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Hormone Therapy
- Hot Flashes
- Nutrition Recommendations and Pregnancy
- Pregnancy in Adolescents: Lifestyle Management for Health
- Pregnancy, Fetal Health, and Lifestyle Issues
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Women
- Vaginal Health, Impact of Lifestyle Behaviors on
- Water Exercise
- Women's Health and Lifestyle
- Women's Health Initiative
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