Vegetarian Diet Articles

• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Colitis
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Crohn's Disease
   

  Constipation

  Constipation or irregularity, is a condition of the digestive system where a person (or animal) experiences hard feces that are difficult to eliminate; it may be extremely painful, and in severe ... > more
• Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Seeds
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Cereal

  Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities worldwide than any other type of crop and ... > more
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Fitness
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Weight Watchers

  Weight Watchers NYSE: WTW, founded in the 1960s by E.J. Faasen, is a company offering various dieting products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance. It started as a discussion group for ... > more
• Vitamin
  Vitamin E
  Vitamin D
  Dietary Supplement
  Vitamin B
  Vitamin A
   
  

  Tocopherol

  Tocopherol, or Vitamin E, is a fat-soluble vitamin in eight forms that is an important antioxidant. Vitamin E is often used in skin creams and lotions because it is believed to play a role in ... > more
• Alternative Medicine
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
  Food
  Dietary Supplement
  Botany
   
  

  Herb

  A herb is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. The green, leafy part of the plant is typically used. General usage differs between culinary herbs and ... > more
• Vitamin C
  Vitamin
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Nutrition
  Sports Medicine
   

  Scurvy

  Scurvy is a deficiency disease that results from lack of vitamin C, which is required for correct collagen synthesis in humans. The scientific name of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Invasive Species
  Trees
  Food
  Endangered Plants
  New Species
   
  

  Walnut

  The walnuts are plants in the walnut family Juglandaceae. They are deciduous trees. The nuts of all the walnut species are ... > more
• Vitamin
  Vitamin A
  Vitamin D
  Vitamin B
  Dietary Supplement
  Vitamin C
   
  

  Retinol

  Retinol, the animal form of vitamin A, is a yellow fat-soluble, antioxidant vitamin important in vision and bone growth. It belongs to the family of chemical compounds known as retinoids. Retinol is ... > more
• Food
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Nutrition
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Cabbage

  The cabbage is herbaceous, biennial, and a dicotyledonous flowering plant with leaves forming a characteristic compact cluster. This so-called cabbage head is widely consumed — raw, cooked, or ... > more
• Nutrition
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Staying Healthy
  Foodborne Illness
  Food Additives
  Healthy Aging
   

  Fast food

  Fast food is food which is prepared and served quickly at outlets called fast-food restaurants. It is a multi-billion dollar industry which continues to grow rapidly in many countries. The cooking ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Endangered Plants
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food
  Botany
   
  

  Tomato

  The tomato is a short-lived perennial plant, grown as an annual plant, typically growing to 1-3 m tall, with a weakly woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants. There are a great many ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Fungus
  Alternative Medicine
  Nutrition
   
  

  Shiitake

  The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia. Shiitake have many uses in Chinese and Japanese cuisines. They are served in miso soup, used as the basis for a kind of vegetarian dashi, and ... > more

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