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Societal & Cultural Aspects
of Diet
Vegetarianism, Insects as Food,
Cultural Foods

Types of Vegetarians
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Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians: No red meat,
poultry, or fish. Will consume dairy
products and eggs
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Pescetarian: No red meat or poultry;
Fish OK
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Vegan: Plant foods only. May also
avoid non-food animal products (such
as leather)

Types of Vegetarians
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Raw Foods: raw produce, nuts, seeds, sprouted grains
and beans, raw dairy products
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Fruitarian: raw fruits, nuts and seeds
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Flexitarian: a vegetarian who occasionally eats meat;
being flexible in practice of vegetarianism or veganism. A
flexitarian might make only vegetarian dishes at home,
but eat dishes including meat at home of family or
friends
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Reducetarian: aim is to get everyone to cut down on the
animal products they eat — red meat, poultry, seafood,
along with milk and eggs.

Why Vegetarian?
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Economics
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Health
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Food Safety
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Religion
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Concern for animal rights
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Hunger issues
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Environmental issues
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Moral issues

Hunger Issues
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~70% of U.S. grain harvest vs. 38% of the
world’s grain harvest used to feed livestock
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Typical steer consumes 3000 lbs grain to gain
400 lbs in weight, has an output of 50 lbs
manure daily
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Land taken up to grow grain for animal feed in
addition to land used for pasture instead of to
grow food
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Almost half of world’s farmland being used as
pasture for livestock

Food Safety:
Escherichia coli O157:H7
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An emerging pathogen, now causes infection
in more than 70,000 people per year
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An extreme case: Video: Tainted Meat
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A young woman developed hemolytic uremic
syndrome and was paralyzed as a result of
eating a hamburger tainted with E. coli
0157:H7

Health Aspects of
Vegetarian Diets
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