What are the different types of vegetarian diets utilized in society?
Q. What are the different benefits and risks associated with vegetarian diets? Are you for or against vegetarian diets? Im am writing a paper on vegetarian diets and know nothing about them... can anyone help?
Asked by Chach - Sat Apr 10 00:28:30 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The main types of vegetarian are ovo-lacto vegetarian, meaning someone who doesn't eat meat, poultry, or fish but does eat eggs and dairy, and vegan, someone who doesn't eat any animal products. There are many benefits to vegetarian/vegan diets. Modern animal agriculture (factory farms) is extremely damaging to the environment and also inhumane for the animals. The meat, milk, and eggs it produces is not as nutritious as traditional pasture-based methods of livestock farming either. Diets high in animal products are also associated with many serious health problems. Personally I think the animal products themselves are not the problem as much as the sheer quantity of animal products eaten in the Standard American Diet (double the amount… [cont.]
Answered by Kerry - Sat Apr 10 10:57:49 2010

Is it normal for people on diets to smell quite bad?
Q. I don't mean to sound rude but a few women at work have been on diets and i've noticed that they smell, and it's always the same smell too. now another colleague is on a diet and they came over to my desk today, i had to turn away before i gagged which i feel pretty bad about to be honest.. has anyone else experienced this? i don't know what to do other than steer clear of them for a while.
Asked by Glitter on the Mattress - Thu Jul 8 13:06:48 2010 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

Why do most diets seem to want you to avoid caffeine? Is it fattening?
Q. I'm just curious as to why most of the diets that I have been on in my life have wanted me to avoid caffeine. When I was on the Atkin's diet some years back it advocated avoiding caffeine. Now that I am trying out the "raw foods" diet, the guidlines to it advocate avoiding caffeine as well. Why is this? Is caffeine fattening? I can find no information to tell me that it is for a fact fattening available online, so I'm turning to you people for an answer. Thanks for the info!
Asked by Daniel B - Wed Nov 15 08:26:03 2006 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It can make you jittery, increase your heart rate, cause you to have difficulty sleeping, etc., and is often used in diet pills due to it's appetite suppressant effect. It also has diuretic properties, which will cause you to urinate more frequently and could potentially lead to dehydration if you consumed enough and then went on to work out. It is a natural product, but if you want to feel full then consuming more fiber at each meal is a good way to do it - and you can do this with the raw diet. Good luck to you.
Answered by always_cookin - Wed Nov 15 08:33:40 2006