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    Fad Diets A fad diet is a diet that promises quick weight loss through what is usually an unhealthy and unbalanced diet. Fad diets are targeted at people who want to lose weight quickly without exercise. Some fad diets claim that they make you lose fat, but scientists said it's really water weight you're losing. Vegetarian Diet: A vegetarian does not eat meat or fish, but there are different types of vegetarian. Some consume eggs and dairy products, while the strictest kind, vegans, eat no animal

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    The word diet is defined as the kinds of food a person habitually eats. Diets often vary according to culture, religion, and personal preference. People often use different diets as a way to manage their weight or improve their overall health, both vegetarianism and flexitarianism are diets that are commonly adopted in order to improve health. Vegetarianism is typically practiced as lacto-ovo vegetarianism which means that milk products and eggs may be consumed although meat, fish, and meat byproducts

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    Are Vegetarian Diets Adequate for Children? In 2012, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated that about 5% of Americans do not consume any meat products. Those who are meat eaters argue that meat is essential to human health, while non-meat eaters argue that it is not because the necessary nutrients in meat could be consumed in non-animal products. This brings us to the issue of the adequacy of vegetarian diets for children. This is an issue that’s rising because many argue that because

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    after gaining back the weight you spend money toward? Well, Fad diets have been around for a very long time, based mostly on half-truths and wishful thinking of the authors. Some may have a bit of science to back them up, but the diets are so restrictive and difficult, no one can stick to them. Losing weight temporarily on a fad diet does not equal success. Diet success is defined as keeping that weight off permanently. If a fad diet is impossible to follow for very long, you'll just re-gain all the

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    adapt a vegetarian diet to save animals in or so that we could protect them from having a harsh life but no one talks of how vegetarian diets can affect your health. Meat is one of the worse sources for us to get our nutrients from because the fat that meat contains is the unhealthiest one while the fats that come from plants or nuts is one of the healthiest. When you have a vegetarian diet you have less chances to get a cardiovascular disease, your chances of having cancer lowers. Vegetarian diets

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    The Vegetarian Diet Abstaining from animal sources for food has been practiced for long time. Vegetarian diets can be traced back to the seventh century BC in India. The term vegetarianism was became popular after the foundation of the Vegetarian Society in 1847, in Great Britain. The International Vegetarian Union was later founded in 1908. The main focus in the vegetarian diet is feeding on plants: fruits, seeds, grains, vegetables, legumes and nuts. There is a range of variations in vegetarian

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    but what about dieting? The vegetarian diet and the standard american diet today may have some effects on the way exercise take effect on the human body. The vegetarian diet is a diet that contains food that comes plants which include the following: fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, grains, and seeds. If balanced properly, the vegetarian diet can be a really healthy diet and can be combined with exercise to strengthen and to improve the human body. The vegetarian diet can also be unhealthy and detrimental

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    A vegetarian diet is one that is defined as a diet that includes only plant foods, and does not include meat, fish, or, poultry. There are different variety of ways in which a vegetarian diet can be classified. Lacto-ovo-vegetarians include dairy products and eggs in their diets, while lacto-vegetarians include diary but not eggs. Vegans avoid eating any animal products (Edelstein, Sharlin, 2009, p. 229). These are not the end all be all of vegetarian diets, other types of vegetarian diets are macrobiotic

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    Vegetarian Diet Aids In Combatting Preventable Disease Recently, there has been a lot of debate about vegetarian diets. Many people are switching their diets to reap the health benefits; “Surveys in the United States have estimated that nearly 30 million people eat diets that are largely or entirely meat-free” (Harvard Health Letter 6). This essay will peel away the layers of wool surrounding a vegetarian diet and answer if it provides a better quality of health. In the Science Teacher published

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    A Vegetarian Diet

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    Humans were created to be vegetarians by natural design due to evolution. A vegetarian “diet can meet current recommendations for all [suggested] nutrients”(Position of American Dietetic Association). Benefits such as a healthy diet, lowers risks of diseases and risks of specific illnesses, financially low cost, and support of animal rights. Other problems that arise from producing livestock for slaughter are the ecological impacts that result due to cattle production, pollution of ecological systems

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