What is a vegetarian diet?

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The vegetarian diet involves abstaining from eating meat, fish and poultry. People often adopt a vegetarian food for religious or personal reasons. As well as ethical issues, such as animal rights.

Others decide to become vegetarian for environmental reasons. As livestock production increases greenhouse gas emissions, contributes to climate change, and requires large amounts of water, energy, and natural resources สมัคร ufabet 

There are several forms of vegetarianism, each of which differs in their restrictions.

The most common types include:

  • Lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet: eliminates meat, fish, and poultry but allows eggs and dairy products
  • Lacto-vegetarian diet: eliminates meat, fish, poultry, and eggs but allows dairy products
  • Ovo-vegetarian diet: eliminates meat, fish, poultry, and dairy products but allows eggs
  • Pescatarian diet: eliminates meat and poultry but allows fish and sometimes eggs and dairy products
  • Vegan diet: eliminates meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products. As well as other animal-derived products, such as honey
  • Flexitarian diet: a mostly that incorporates occasional meat, fish, or poultry

May enhance weight loss.

Switching to a vegetarian diet can be an effective strategy if you’re looking to lose weight.

In fact, one review of 12 studies noted that vegetarians, on average, experienced 4.5 more pounds (2 kilograms) of weight loss over 18 weeks than non-vegetarians.

Similarly, a 6-month study in 74 people with type 2 diabetes demonstrated that. were nearly twice as effective at reducing body weight than low calorie diets.

Plus, a 2009 study in nearly 61,000 adults show that vegetarians tend to have a lower body mass index (BMI) than omnivores. BMI being a measurement of body fat based on height and weight.

However, more research is need to understand which specific aspects lifestyle may be responsible for this association.