1. What Are the Effects of Vegetarianism
and how do you maintain a healthy diet
while being Vegetarian?
Maliha Ashraf
Block C
11/14/10

2. Introduction
 Quote:
“Many experts say vegetarianism is safe and
healthy for teens. They say
cutting out meat reduces the risk of
several diseases and lowers the likelihood
of becoming overweight.”

3. Introduction
 Statistics:
 1994-1% of Americans are true
vegetarians
 2009-3% of Americans are true vegetarians

4. What Kinds of Foods Can Vegetarians
Eat to stay healthy?
 Vegetables
 Fruit
 Tofu
 Fiber
 Breakfast cereals
 Pumpkin seeds
 Broccoli

5. What Kinds of Foods Can Vegetarians
Eat to stay healthy?
 Blackstrap molasses
 Legumes
 Soy milk and regular
milk
 Yogurt
 Dried figs
 Eggs
 Nuts

6. What Kinds of Foods Can Vegetarians
Eat to stay healthy?
 Peanut butter
 Beans
 Grains

7. What Are the Advantages of Being
Vegetarian?
 Less health issues and diseases
 Animals won’t be killed for food
 Helps the environment
 Lower levels of cholesterol
 Lower blood pressure

8. What are the disadvantages of Being
Vegetarian?
 Vegetarians lack
certain nutrients
 Vegetarians diets lack
certain food groups
 Can be hard to eat out
 Athletes may be at risk
for low energy
 Plant proteins are not
digested as well as
animal proteins

9. What are the disadvantages of Being
Vegetarian?
 Deal with convincing family
 Deal with other people’s opinions

10. How Does Being Vegetarian Keep You
Healthy?
 Lowers risk of health issues and diseases
 Consume less artery-clogging fat and
cholesterol
 Get more of certain antioxidants and vitamins

11. What Are the Effects of Being
Vegetarian At a Young Age?
 Deal with family and friends
 Plan diets carefully
 Girls need to make sure they get
calcium and iron
 Vegetarian diets tend to be high
in fiber and low in fat and calories

12. What Are the Effects of Being
Vegetarian At a Young Age?
 Strange lunches make kids feel left out or
unhappy
 Young Vegetarians may be slimmer than
peers
 Lowers risk of certain diseases
 Young Vegetarians may be at risk for certain
health problems
 Kids may fill up on Junk Food

13. Dietitians and Nutritionists
 Salary:
-lowest-$31,460
-middle-$41,060- $61,790
-highest- $$73,410
 Employment- expected to increase by 9%
during 2008-2018
 Advancement-may advance to management
positions of a dietetic apartment

14. Dietitians and Nutritionists
 Related Careers:
- health educators
-dietetic technicians
-food service managers

15. High School Career academies
 River Hill High School
 Career Research and Development
 I’m not exactly sure what I want to be in life

16. University of Maryland-College
Park
 Located in the
suburbs
 Tuition-$8,416
 Bachelors Degree
 26,000
undergraduates
 47% women
 53% men

17. Community Service
 I would like to help at a soup kitchen
 I would do it because It would be good to
give homeless people food

18. Prior Job Experience
 Babysitting
 Work at Giant
 Store Clerk at Macys
 Honor Roll

19. Citing
 www.alliancekolkata.co.in
 living-vegetarian.com
 www.worldcommunitycookbook.org
 www.dairyaustralia.com.au
 www.biokineticspt.com
 www.umd.edu