Special Diets

1. Raw food

1.1. a diet consisting of uncooked, unprocessed, and often organic foods or wild foods

1.2. People follow this diet because enzymes in raw foods aid digestion. Heating food above 104-120 °Fahrenheit (40-49 °C) degrades or destroys these enzymes in food.

1.3. An benefit of this diet is it improves the immune system in your body.

1.4. A problem with this diet is food poisoning

2. Vegan

2.1. No animal products

2.2. Mostly, people follow this diet because of religion

2.3. Some benefits from this diet is that there is no saturated fat.

2.4. Some problems is sometime the consumer does not get enough protein

3. Vegetarian

3.1. Do not eat ANY type of meat, sometimes not even egg

3.2. They follow this for religious and ethical reasons

3.3. Benefits is that you a clean conscience and you avoid the bad impacts of meat.

3.4. A problem with this diet is that eating meat could also be considered healthy because of the richness in protein and you do not get enough nutrients without meat

4. Pescetarian

4.1. includes vegetables, fruit, nuts, grains, beans, eggs, dairy, and insect by-products (such as honey, carmine, or shellac). Also fish and shell fish.

4.2. Benefits are reduced saturated fat, choline and carnitine, for health

4.3. People mainly follow it for health, meat contains saturated fat, choline and carnitine

4.4. Some problems with this diet is that some fish varieties containing toxins such as mercury and PCBs.

5. Lactose free

5.1. eating foods that have no lactose. Lactose is a sugar that is a normal part of milk products.

5.2. Some are lactose intolerant

5.3. Benefits are reduced fat and healthy

5.4. Problem: Less calcium