Vegetarian Complete Nutrition

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This book will outline the necessary nutritional elements and sources for a holistic and healthy vegetarian diet.

AEdit

Good for vision, and is necessary for cell production.

DEdit

Can be bio-synthesized by exposure to sunlight. This vitamin aids the body in its use of calcium. Vitamin D also prevents rickets.

EEdit

Vitamin E is an antioxidant that assists the antioxidant effects of Vitamin C.

KEdit

This vitamin is produced by intestinal flora.

B1Edit

B2Edit

B3Edit

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B9Edit

B12Edit

CEdit

Vitamin C is an antioxidant that bolsters the antioxidant effects of Vitamin E.

IsoleucineEdit

LeucineEdit

LysineEdit

MethionineEdit

PhenylalanineEdit

ThreonineEdit

TryptophanEdit

ValineEdit

Protein intake in vegetarian diets is only slightly lower than in meat diets and can meet daily requirements for any person, including athletes and bodybuilders.^[1] Studies at Harvard University as well as other studies conducted in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and various European countries, confirmed vegetarian diets provide sufficient protein intake as long as a variety of plant sources are available and consumed.^[2] Proteins are composed of amino acids, and a common concern with protein acquired from vegetable sources is an adequate intake of the essential amino acids, which cannot be synthesised by the human body. While dairy and egg products provide complete sources for lacto-ovo vegetarians, the only vegetable sources with significant amounts of all eight types of essential amino acids are lupin, soy, chia seed, amaranth, buckwheat, and quinoa. However, the essential amino acids can also be obtained by eating a variety of complementary plant sources that, in combination, provide all eight essential amino acids (e.g. brown rice and beans, or hummus and whole wheat pita, though protein combining in the same meal is not necessary). A 1994 study found a varied intake of such sources can be adequate.^[3]

MonounsaturatedEdit

Found in various pulses, and beans

PolyunsaturatedEdit

Essential Fatty AcidsEdit

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MineralsEdit

Calcium (Ca)Edit

Chloride (Cl⁻)Edit

Chromium] (Cr)Edit

Cobalt (Co)Edit

Copper (Cu)Edit

Iodine (I)Edit

Iron (Fe)Edit

Magnesium (Mg)Edit

Manganese (Mn)Edit

Molybdenum (Mo)Edit

Nickel (Ni)Edit

Phosphorus (P)Edit

Potassium (K)Edit

Selenium (Se)Edit

Sodium (Na)Edit

Sulfur (S)Edit

Zinc (Zn)Edit

1. ↑ Peter Emery, Tom Sanders (2002). Molecular Basis of Human Nutrition. Taylor & Francis Ltd. p. 32. ISBN 978-0748407538. 
2. ↑ Brenda Davis, Vesanto Melina (2003). The New Becoming Vegetarian. Book Publishing Company. pp. 57–58. ISBN 978-1570671449. 
3. ↑ VR Young and PL Pellett (1994). "Plant proteins in relation to human protein and amino acid nutrition". Am. J. Clinical Nutrition 59 (59): 1203S–1212S. PMID 8172124.