Module 9 - Flashcards
Describe a Vegan Diet
Omits animal products including dairy and eggs
Lacto-vegetarians
include dairy but no other animal products
Describe a lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet
include dairy and eggs but no other meat or animal products
Describe A Macrbiotic Vegetarian diet
consume mostly whole grains, especially brown rice along with veggies, soy, legumes, fruits and sometime white fish. Also Sea-Veggies like kelp
Still avoid meat, poultry, eggs and Dairy
Describe a Semi-vegitarian Diet
Occasionally eat meat and seafood yet predominately practice a vegetarian diet
What nutrients might be missing in a vegetarian diet?
Calcium, Iron, Protein, Vit. B12 (only in animal food), Vit. D, Zinc
Are leafy green veggies high in calcium?
Not significantly. Spinach has some but it has an acid that binds it up making it hard to absorb
What is Mutual Supplementation
Combining incomplete protein foods that are missing different amino acids so that your overall diet contains all essential amino acids
True or false, when using Mutual Supplementation, you should eat them all at the same time to get the proteins at the same
False
Typical complementary proteins
Spanish food like black beans and rice together
How much protein do you need?
0.8 grams per KILOGRAM (Ib / 2.2) of body weight
Common meat substitutes
Usually soy foods like tofu, soy milk, etc
how should vegetarian children’s diets differ from adults?
should be higher in fat for growth (need more calories to grow)