Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Diet table

Food Type Carnivore Omnivore Vegan Vegetarian Halal Kosher Hunter-gatherer Specific Carbohydrate Diet
Fruits and berries No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Greens No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Vegetables No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Starchy vegetables No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Grains No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Poultry Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Fish (scaled) Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Seafood (non-fish) Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes
Beef Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pork Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Eggs Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Milk and cream No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Cheese and yoghurt No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Nuts No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Nutrition Diets

In nutrition, the diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism. Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. Although humans are omnivores, each culture holds some food preferences and some food taboos. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy. Proper nutrition requires the proper ingestion and equally important, the absorption of vitamins, minerals, and fuel in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in health and mortality, and can also define cultures and play a role in religion.
A study published in the British medical journal The Lancet demonstrated that those who had been well-fed soon after they were born earned almost 50% more in average salary than those who had not. The blind trial was performed by giving a high-nutrition supplement to some infants and a lower-nutrition supplement to others, with only the researchers knowing which infants received which supplements. The infants that received the high-nutrition supplement had higher average salaries, proving that infant nutrition affects cognitive development independent of other factors such as class or parental income