What's a Healthy Vegetarian Diet?

by Webmaster, All4NaturalHealth.com

A well-planned healthy vegetarian diet is generally known to be nutritionally sufficient and even more healthful than diets which contain meat. Healthy vegetarian diets also prevent many diseases and health conditions . ( Click here to read some of my thoughts on vegetarian nutrition )

But, if you gorge yourself on soda, potato chips, french fries, chocolate ice cream, beer, vodka and other processed, sugary and deep fried foods - well, technically, it's still a vegetarian diet, but how healthy do you think that is going to be?

There are certain fundamental 'rules', so-to-speak, when it comes to a healthy diet. Some things are to be avoided, or at least reduced, no matter what diet one undertakes. These include excessive amounts of fats, especially saturated fats, fried foods, processed foods, refined sugar, artificial preservatives and food additives, other harmful chemicals, etc. This is no different for a healthy vegetarian diet.

A vegetarian diet can be unhealthy, even harmful, if it has too many calories, too much saturated fats, or lacks certain essential nutrients. But this is true for non-vegetarian diets as well.

Note that anyone on any kind of diet can develop deficiencies if he or she fails to consume a well-balanced diet within the principles of the particular diet he or she is adopting. Here are some thoughts I have on vegetarian nutrition.

It is thus important to consume a variety of different kinds of plant foods, in order to achieve a well-balanced vegetarian diet . If possible, make your vegetarian diet as colorful as possible to achieve the full benefits of various kinds of phytochemicals found in plants.

The page on coming up with a good vegetarian diet plan may also be useful to you.

A healthy vegetarian diet can do much for your health. Are you now clearer on what is a healthy vegetarian diet?

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Being a vegetarian does not have to be difficult. In fact, it should be simple, healthful and fun. Meals can be delicious, too. Click here for a step-by-step guide to a vegetarian lifestyle, which will help you to make a simple transition to a healthier diet.

Also, if you wish to learn how to lose weight quickly and healthily with simple, cheap and easy vegetarian meal plans, click here.

And if you love Chinese food or wish to learn healthy, delicious, natural, gluten-free Chinese vegetarian recipes which you can easily prepare at home, click here.

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