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Text Box: Joanna Caserta Topics in Nutrition Final Project Text Box: Pros Some say a vegetarian diet is cheaper because the price of meat and dairy products are on the rise No mad cow disease! Less chance for heart disease, high cholesterol, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and bowel diseases Contributing to solving world hunger (it takes more energy to raise and produce animal meat than the meat itself provides) Vegetarians’ lifespan may prove to be somewhat longer than meat eaters Cons * Vitamin B12 is found only in animal foods so it must be supplemented in vegetarian diets * Meat is very filling so often vegetarians must eat more to feel full or will be left feeling unfulfilled * Although it is growing easier, it is still somewhat hard to eat out without always having a salad or pasta * Possible iron and other vitamin or mineral deficiencies possible without careful eating Text Box: Pros and Cons of Vegetarianism

Vegetarian

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Fun Facts About

Vegetarianism

References

*http://www.eatright.org/Public/GovernmentAffairs/92_17084.cfm

*http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/history.html

*www.accensstoinsight.org/bfaq.html

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism

*www.olivegarden.com

*www.mcdonalds.com

*www.pizzeriauno.com

*www.rubytuesday.com

*www.applebees.com

· www.happycow.net is a website offering a global guide to restaurants that cater to vegetarians

· The first Vegetarian Society in the United States was established in 1850.

· Some famous vegetarians include Albert Einstein, Danny DeVito, Brad Pitt, Demi Moore, Bob Barker, Jerry Seinfeld, and Gandhi.

· 2.5% of the American population is vegetarian while 4% of the Canadian population has chosen a vegetarian lifestyle.

· "The US market for vegetarian foods (foods like meat analogs, nondairy milks, and vegetarian entrees that directly replace meat or other animal products) was estimated to be $1.5 billion in 2002, up from $310 million in 1996"   (http://www.eatright.org/Public/GovernmentAffairs/92_17084.cfm