Vegetarianism

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/vegetarianism.html

Overviews
• Vegetarian Diets (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4777
• Vegetarian Eating (American Dietetic Association) - http://webdietitians.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_11823.cfm

Nutrition
• Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Cuisine (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose_wt/lacto_ov.htm
• Legumes: An Alternative to Meat (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=NU00260
• New Food Guide for North American Vegetarians (American Dietetic Association) - http://www.eatright.org/Public/NutritionInformation/92_17086.cfm
• Soy: Health Claims for Soy Protein, Questions about Other Components (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2000/300_soy.html
• Tips for Eating Health Food and Vegetarian (American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1096

Related Issues
• Dentist Should Advise Vegetarians on Good Oral Health (Academy of General Dentistry) - http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/nutrition/vrt.html
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/spanish/ibsd.html
• Diabetes and Diet: Can a Vegetarian Diet Cure Diabetes? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00845
• Get on the Grain Train (Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion) - Links to PDF File - http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/Pubs/Brochures/GrainTrainPamphlet.pdf
• Vegetarian Diet: A Healthy Alternative (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01596

Research
• Adolescent Vegetarians Have Eating Habits More in Line with the Healthy People 2010 Objectives Than Adolescent Nonvegetarians (Medem, Inc.) - http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ56UAU61D⊂_cat=2

Directories
• Find a Nutrition Professional (American Dietetic Association) - http://webdietitians.org/Public/PublicDietitianDisclaimerAdvanced.htm

Organizations
• Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/

Newsletters/Print Publications
• Vegetarian Nutrition Resource List for Consumers (Food and Nutrition Information Center) - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/pubs/bibs/gen/vegetarian.htm

Children
• Vegetarianism (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/vegetarianism.html

Teenagers
• Is a Vegetarian Diet Right for Me? (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/vegetarian.html
• Soy Foods and Health (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/food_fitness/nutrition/soy.html
• Special Diets and Special Concerns: 13 to 18 Years (American Medical Association) - http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ3K6HNK9C⊂_cat=110

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Nutrition - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/nutrition.html
• Food, Nutrition and Metabolism - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodnutritionandmetabolism.html

Page last updated: 20 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 06 October 2004