Vegetarian Advisory: 7 Necessary Nutrients

When eating a vegetarian diet, getting key nutrients can be a challenge. Here's how to make healthy choices.— By Anne Cain, M.S., R.D., Senior Food Editor

Necessary Nutrients
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Necessary Nutrients

A diet of French fries and soft drinks is certainly vegetarian but hardly full of nutrition. It's important to eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, and soy products, paying close attention to protein, vitamin B12, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, calcium, iron, and zinc–nutrients which are sometimes harder to consume on a meatless diet.

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