Chapter 20 - Cooking for vegetarian diets. After reading this chapter, you should be able to: Describe the main types of vegetarian diets; describe complementary proteins and describe how to include them in the diet; list three nutrients other than proteins that non-vegetarians get mostly from animal products, and describe how vegetarians can include these nutrients in their diets;. | Chapter 20 Cooking for Vegetarian Diets Copyright © 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved Understanding Vegetarian Diets A vegetarian diet is one consisting entirely or mostly of foods derived from plants. Vegans eat plant products only. Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy products in addition to plant products but will not eat other animal products. Ovo-vegetarians eat eggs in addition to plant products. Types of Vegetarian Diets Understanding Vegetarian Diets Lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat dairy and egg products as well as plant products. Pesco-vegetarians eat fish and plant products but not meat or poultry. They may or may not eat dairy and egg products. Vegetarianism may be based on strong ethical or moral beliefs or on health concerns. Types of Vegetarian Diets Understanding Vegetarian Diets Vegetarian Food Guide Pyramid Understanding Vegetarian Diets Protein The major nutritional concern of a vegetarian diet is getting enough protein. Some plant . | Chapter 20 Cooking for Vegetarian Diets Copyright © 2011 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All Rights Reserved Understanding Vegetarian Diets A vegetarian diet is one consisting entirely or mostly of foods derived from plants. Vegans eat plant products only. Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy products in addition to plant products but will not eat other animal products. Ovo-vegetarians eat eggs in addition to plant products. Types of Vegetarian Diets Understanding Vegetarian Diets Lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat dairy and egg products as well as plant products. Pesco-vegetarians eat fish and plant products but not meat or poultry. They may or may not eat dairy and egg products. Vegetarianism may be based on strong ethical or moral beliefs or on health concerns. Types of Vegetarian Diets Understanding Vegetarian Diets Vegetarian Food Guide Pyramid Understanding Vegetarian Diets Protein The major nutritional concern of a vegetarian diet is getting enough protein. Some plant products, such as grains, nuts, and dried beans, contain proteins. Proteins are long chains of smaller compounds called amino acids. There are, in all, 20 amino acids that, when joined in various combinations, make up over 100,000 proteins in the human body. Nutritional Considerations Understanding Vegetarian Diets Protein Eleven of these amino acids can be made in the body, so it is not necessary to include them in the diet. All remaining nine amino acids must be included in the diet in order for the body to make all the proteins it needs. These nine are called essential amino acids. Nutritional Considerations Understanding Vegetarian Diets Protein Incomplete proteins means that one or more of the essential amino acids is either missing or is not present in high enough concentration. The key to getting enough protein in a plants-only diet is to eat a balance of foods. Amino acids missing from one of these foods is supplied by another one of them. Such proteins are called .
