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The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability is a 2009 book by Lierre Keith published by PM Press. Keith is an ex-vegan who believes that "veganism has damaged her health and others". [ 1 ] Keith argues that agriculture is destroying not only human health but entire ecosystems, such as the North American prairie, and destroying topsoil .
Food from plants. A plant-based diet is a diet consisting mostly or entirely of plant-based foods. [1] [2] It encompasses a wide range of dietary patterns that contain low amounts of animal products and high amounts of fiber-rich [3] plant products such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices.
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Diabetes mellitus is diagnosed with a test for the glucose content in the blood, and is diagnosed by demonstrating any one of the following: [75] Fasting plasma glucose level ≥ 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL). For this test, blood is taken after a period of fasting, i.e. in the morning before breakfast, after the patient had sufficient time to fast ...
A variety of vegetarian, and more specifically vegan, foods. Vegetarian nutrition is the set of health-related challenges and advantages of vegetarian diets.. Appropriately planned vegetarian diets are healthful and nutritionally adequate for all stages of the human life cycle, including during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, and adolescence. [1]
Healthy vegan meal composition shown using the food plate method. Vegan nutrition refers to the nutritional and human health aspects of vegan diets. A well-planned vegan diet is suitable to meet all recommendations for nutrients in every stage of human life. [1]
Printed on twelve pages, Thirty-nine Reasons Why I Am a Vegetarian is thus considered both a "little book," [2] as well as a pamphlet. [3] Initially selling for 10 cents, [4] it was sold as a paperback with a height of 16 centimetres (6.3 in). [5]
The concept and practice of lacto-vegetarianism among a significant number of people comes from ancient India. [2]An early advocate of lacto-vegetarianism was the Scottish physician George Cheyne who promoted a milk and vegetable-based diet to treat obesity and other health problems in the early 18th century.