Talk:Vegetarianism

Rationale

I believe the following sentences require support: "Since vegetarian diets tend to be low in fat and cholesterol and high in dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals, some believe it is healthier to be a vegetarian. This, of course, depends on the particular diet. Additionally, vegetarian foods are less susceptible to various forms of food poisoning that are common in meats." The first issue is complex: how easy is it to construct a nutritionally balanced vegetarian diets and do vegetarian diets in common use meet those criteria. The UK Food Standards Agency advises: "It's important to get some of each of these essential amino acids at the same time. Soya and quinoa are the only vegetarian sources of the complete mix of essential amino acids. (The complete mix is also found in meat, poultry, fish and eggs.)" here for example, and make similar remarks about the need to obtain the trace element selenium. The second is an unsupported assertion. In each case please could we have references, since the text here seems to me to propose a particular point of view. Richard Pinch 19:06, 13 December 2008 (UTC)