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Sticking to a vegetarian diet may be partly genetic, a study found. The research identified several genes associated with people's adherence to vegetarianism.
A new study shows that a person’s ability to stick to a vegetarian diet may be tied to their genetic makeup. As more people go meatless, this biological information could help make the change ...
Being vegetarian may partly be in one’s genes, study finds ... researchers compared UK Biobank genetic data from 5,324 strict vegetarians – consuming no fish, poultry or red meat – to ...
The Greek sage Pythagoras may have advocated an early form of strict vegetarianism, [28] [29] but his life is so obscure that it is disputed whether he ever advocated any form of vegetarianism. [30] He almost certainly prohibited his followers from eating beans [ 30 ] and wearing woolen garments . [ 30 ]
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal). It may also include abstaining from eating all by-products of animal slaughter. [1] [2] A person who practices vegetarianism is known as a vegetarian. Vegetarianism may be adopted for various reasons.
De abstinentia is the most detailed surviving work discussing vegetarianism from classical antiquity. Porphyry advocates for vegetarianism on both spiritual and ethical grounds, applying arguments from his own school of Neoplatonism to counter those in favor of meat-eating from the Stoic, Peripatetic, and Epicurean schools.
- Vegetarian items accounted for 67 percent of the hygienic issues found in the report. - Pork substitution in three percent of the samples. In most cases, pork was substituted for chicken or turkey.
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.