Information on Vegetarian and Vegan Diets
A good place to begin is the Vegetarian Starter Kit, which is also available in Spanish-language: Guía
de Iniciación una Dieta Vegetariana.
PCRM's Power Plate offers a healthy alternative to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Pyramid. The Power Plate's interactive Web site includes a colorful, user-friendly graphic that depicts a plate divided into four new food groups: fruits, grains, legumes, and vegetables—and recipes and facts for each group. It also includes information on disease-fighting, plant-based diets, and special sections for educators and health professionals.
The Power Plate Web site shows you how to add more color to your plate with fruits, vegetables, legumes, and grains—the four food groups that provide all the good nutrition you need.
Our fact sheet Vegetarian
Foods: Powerful for Health is also available in Spanish-language: La
Comida Vegetariana: Poderosa para la Salud.
FAQs About Vegetarian Diets offers additional information on issues such as protein, milk, eggs, athletic performance,
essential fatty acids, lactose intolerance, calcium absorption rates
in foods, vitamin B12,
vegetarian diets for correctional facilities, and incorporating
vegetarian meals on college campuses.
FAQs About General Nutrition Issues
The New Four Food Groups
Information About Diabetes
If you're pregnant, be sure to read Vegetarian Diets For Pregnancy.
To raise vegan children, read our fact sheets:
Vegetarian Diets for Children: Right from the Start
Vegetarian Diets: Advantages for Children
Healthy Snacks for
Kids
If you are interested in speaking in your community about the role of vegan diets in the prevention and treatment of heart disease, please feel free to use this Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease lecture as a template for your discussion. To request literature to accompany you discussion, please
visit PCRM's complimentary literature page.
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