Position of The American Dietetic Association

O Impacto Da Dieta Vegetariana Na Prevenção Da Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2

“…14 A American Dietetic Association define o vegetarianismo como uma prática que consiste em exclusão parcial ou total de produtos de origem animal na alimentação, sendo uma prática dietética de vegetarianos, que correspondem a indivíduos que incluem total ou principalmente na sua dieta alimentos vegetais e que a princípio excluem qualquer forma de alimento animal. 18 Messina et al 19 e Sabaté 20 alegam que existem várias razões para se adotar uma dieta vegetariana, dentre as quais see incluem questões éticas, ambientais, religiosas e principalmente a preocupação com a saúde.…”

“…19,20 Outro fator é o religioso, que se baseia na crença de que matar é estritamente errado. Ligada ao fator saúde, está a relação do regime alimentar baseado em práticas de estilo de vida mais saudável.…”

“…Ligada ao fator saúde, está a relação do regime alimentar baseado em práticas de estilo de vida mais saudável. 19,20 Ingestão dietética dos vegetarianos com seus benefícios e riscos Leitzmann 21 afirma que a dieta vegana baseada exclusivamente no consumo de vegetais apresenta vantagens e desvantagens em relação à dieta onívora. Ao relacionarmos a ingestão dietética dos vegetarianos com os onívoros, consideram-se os primeiros como mais saudáveis.…”

Vegetarianism, Sentimental or Ethical?

“…While a wide range of factors affect health and disease, those who adopt diets that are relatively low in animal products and that include a wide range of plant foods have a greater probability of being healthy than those who adopt diets that are relatively rich in animal products. While the health costs and benefits of consuming animal products vary depending on which products are consumed as well as on environmental and genetic differences between people, there is sufficient evidence to support the view that diets that include relatively small quantities or no animal products are associated with lower levels of obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer compared with diets that include relatively large amounts of animal products (World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research 2007; World Health Organization 2003; Messina and Burke 1997;Campbell and Campbell 2006). This is related to the fact that animal products are generally rich in protein, calories, and saturated fats, and poor in fiber, complex carbohydrates, and antioxidants.…”

Justice, negative GHIs, and the consumption of farmed animal products

“…The researchers found that reducing saturated fat consumption by 1% and increasing monounsaturated and polyunsaturated vegetable fat consumption by 0.5% each would result in 'approximately 9800 fewer coronary heart disease deaths and 3000 fewer stroke deaths each year' in 15 countries of the European Union (Lloyd-Williams et al 2008, 535). In general, diets that include small quantities of, or no animal products have been associated with lower levels of cardiovascular diseases, obesity, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer (Messina and Burke 1997;World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research 2007). Additionally, the claim has been made that -if carefully chosen -adopting such diets does not produce adverse health effects (WHO 2003).…”