Vegetarianism

Agnieszka Kalińska, Anna Szczukowska 2ag

Vegetarianism

If you follow a vegetarian diet, that means you don’t eat meat, poultry, or fish. This category of eaters can be further divided by what animal products you choose to include in your diet:

• lacto-ovo → eggs and dairy products
• lacto → dairy products
• ovo → eggs

Vegetarian

If you’re following a vegan diet, you don’t eat meat, poultry, or fish. You also don’t consume dairy products, eggs, or other animal products, like gelatin or honey.

Vegan

A partial vegetarian doesn’t eat meat but does eat some animal foods.

• pescatarians → fish
• pollo-vegetarians → poultry

Partial vegetarian

Why are more people going vegetarian?

• social media has had a big part to play in the rise of the plant-based lifestyle.
• celebrities like Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus and Ellen DeGeneres are some of the well-known figures who don't eat animal products
• #vegan has more than 108 million posts listed on Instagram, while #vegetarian over 30 million

Do influencers influence what we eat?

• good for heart health
• reduces cancer risk
• lowers blood pressure
• decreases asthma symptoms
• promotes bone health

What are the health benefits of a vegetarian diet?

• Veganuary is an annual event that encourages non-vegans to adopt a vegan diet during the month of January
• Veganuary inspired and supported more than half a million people to try vegan during their 2021 campaign

Veganuary

• proteins
• calcium
• vitamin D
• iron
• vitamin B12
• zinc

Nutritional deficit

• Take it easy.
• Start with dishes you know and love.
• Learn how to build a healthy plate.
• Make sure you're eating enough.
• Don’t give up.

Healthy tips for going vegan

Albert Einstein

"Nothing will benefit health or increase chances of survival on earth as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."

Vegetarian and vegan festivals

How does veganism affect the environment?

Sources

www.bbc.comwww.health.harvard.eduwww.healthline.comwww.veganuary.com

Thank you!