{"id":2678,"date":"2024-02-06T13:10:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/?p=2678"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:10:51","slug":"a-vegetarian-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/a-vegetarian-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vegetarian diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The vegetarian diet has gained popularity in recent years with estimates that vegetarians now account for 18% of the global population. Apart from the ethical and environmental benefits of cutting meat from your diet, a well-planned vegetarian diet may also reduce your risk of chronic disease, support weight loss and improve the quality of your diet.<\/p>\n<h3>WHAT IS A VEGETARIAN DIET?<\/h3>\n<p>The vegetarian diet involves abstaining from eating meat, fish, and poultry. There are several forms of vegetarianism, each of which differs in their restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The most common types include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>LACTO-OVO-VEGETARIAN DIET:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliminates meat, fish and poultry but allows eggs and dairy products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>LACTO-VEGETARIAN DIET:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliminates meat, fish, poultry, and eggs but allows\u00a0dairy products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OVO-VEGETARIAN DIET:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliminates meat, fish, poultry, and dairy products but allows\u00a0eggs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>PESCATARIAN DIET:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliminates meat and poultry but allows fish and sometimes eggs and dairy products.<\/li>\n<li><strong>VEGAN DIET:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliminates meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy products, as well as other animal-derived products, such as honey.<\/li>\n<li><strong>FLEXITARIAN DIET:<\/strong>A mostly vegetarian diet that incorporates occasional meat, fish, or poultry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>THE BOTTOM LINE<\/h3>\n<p>Most vegetarians avoid meat, poultry, and fish, though some also restrict eggs, dairy, and other animal products. A balanced vegetarian diet with nutritious foods like produce, grains, healthy fats, and plant-based protein may offer several health benefits, but it may increase your risk of\u00a0nutritional deficiencies\u00a0if poorly planned. Be sure to pay close attention to a few key nutrients and round out your diet with a variety of healthy whole foods. That way, you\u2019ll enjoy the benefits of vegetarianism while\u00a0minimizing the side effects.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vegetarian diet has gained popularity in recent years with estimates that vegetarians now account for 18% of the global population. Apart from the ethical and environmental benefits of cutting meat from your diet, a well-planned vegetarian diet may also reduce your risk of chronic disease, support weight loss and improve the quality of your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet","category-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2680,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions\/2680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theclubwellness.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}