Vegetarian Diet

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Notes 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

Introduction

• A diet consisting of foods only of vegetable origin, excluding meat or foods of animal origin.

Notes

• lowers risk of diverticular disease ~30% [2]
• diminished bowel transit time with increased frequency of bowel movements [2]

More General Terms

• diet

Additional Terms

• pescovegetarian diet

References

1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
2. Crowe FL et al Diet and risk of diverticular disease in Oxford cohort of European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): prospective study of British vegetarians and non-vegetarians BMJ 2011; 343:d4131 <PubMed> PMID: [1] <Internet> [2]
   - Humes DJ and West J Diet and risk of diverticular disease BMJ 2011; 343:d4115 <PubMed> PMID: [3] <Internet> [4]

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