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We come to dedicate ourselves fully to follow up on and provide orientation to vegetarians or people in the transition process, helping to improve their quality of life through a healthy nutrition.

Plant Based Diet

What is the Plant-Based diet?

It is a diet that encourages the consumption of plant foods in their fullest form, free from any animal products, and discourages the consumption of refined and processed foods.

What health benefit does the Plant-Based diet provide?

Plant-based dieting has beneficial results in preventing and treating various diseases. Studies show that vegetarian populations have less incidence of heart disease, diabetes, some types of cancers, among others.

Is Plant-Based food nutritionally suitable? Is it safe?

Plant-Based diet has favorable opinions from Organizations such as the American Heart Association (AHA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the American Dietetic Association (ADA), among others, which even claim that nutrition professionals have a duty to encourage those who express their intention to become vegetarians.

Can the Plant-Based diet be adopted by anyone?

When well-planned, Plant-Based way of eating can be adopted throughout life, during childhood, pregnancy, adolescence, old age and even by athletes.

Types of Vegetarians

The individual who adopts the vegetarian diet can be classified as follows:

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Ovo-lacto vegetarian

Is a vegetarian person who uses eggs, milk and dairy for food

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Lacto-vegetarian

Is a vegetarian who does not use eggs but makes use of milk and dairy products.

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Strict Vegetarian

Is a vegetarian who does not use any animal derivatives in his food (Plant-Based Diet)

Attention to the definition of Vegan, which goes beyond the field of food: a strict vegetarian who refuses to wear non-food animal components such as leather, wool and silk clothing, as well as animal-tested products.