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Vegetarian Nutrition
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Approximately 12 million U.S. citizens consider themselves vegetarians, and 13.5 percent of all U.S. households claim to have at least one family member practicing some form of vegetarianism. In the past 30 years, scientific endeavors in the area of vegetarian nutrition have progressively shifted from investigating dietary concerns held by nutritio
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Table of contents
- PREFACE
- EDITOR
- PROLOGUE
- CONTENTS
- 1. VEGETARIAN DIETS: DESCRIPTIONS AND TRENDS
- 2. THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK-TO-BENEFIT RATIO OF VEGETARIAN DIETS: CHANGING PARADIGMS
- 3. VEGETARIANISM, CORONARY RISK FACTORS AND CORONORY HEART DISEASE
- 4. VEGETARIAN DIETS AND CANCER RISK
- 5. VEGETARIAN DIETS AND OBESITY PREVENTION
- 6. VEGETARIAN DIETS IN THE PREVENTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS, DIABETES, AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS
- 7. DOES LOW MEAT CONSUMPTION CONTRIBUTE TO GREATER LONGEVITY?
- 8. PHYSICAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETARIAN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
- 9. VEGETARIAN DIETS IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION
- 10. WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION
- 11. A VEGETARIAN DIET: HEALTH ADVANTAGES FOR THE ELDERLY
- 12. IMPLICATIONS OF THE VEGETARIAN DIET FOR ATHLETES
- 13. NUTRIENTS OF CONCERN IN VEGETARIAN DIETS
- 14. HEALTH-PROMOTING PHYTOCHEMICALS: BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL NUTRIENTS
- 15. VEGETARIAN DIETS AND DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION: HOW MEATLESS DIETS CONFORM TO CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HEALTHY EATING
- 16. DEVELOPING A VEGETARIAN FOOD GUIDE
- 17. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MEAT PRODUCTION AND VEGETARIANISM
- 18. MEATLESS DIET: A MORAL IMPERATIVE?
- 19. THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF VEGETARIANISM
- 20. RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY, AND A VEGETARIAN DIETARY
- INDEX