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...food production in the U.S.; and Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden at the White House. In “Julie & Julia,” however, the guilt that often accompanies eating is left by the wayside. The main characters aren’t locavores, flexitarians, pescetarians, or ovo-lacto-vegetarians. Instead, director Nora Ephron presents cooking and food as enjoyable—inducing pleasure rather than peccability. The film chronicles two women’s journeys of self-discovery: a bored housewife, Julia Child (Meryl Streep), gleefully bests male chefs at Le Cordon Bleu cooking school in Paris...
...adolescence, kids can read the labels but often ignore the ingredients. Research shows that calcium intake is often insufficient in American teens. By contrast, lacto-ovo teens usually have abundant calcium intake. For vegans, however, consuming adequate amounts of calcium without the use of fortified foods or supplements is difficult without careful dietary planning. Among vegan youth who do not take supplements, there is reason for concern with respect to iron, calcium, vitamins D and B12, and perhaps also selenium and iodine...
...Yale, a lacto-ovo vegetarian and vegan option is available at every meal, according to Karen J. Dougherty, executive dietician at Yale. A lacto-ovo-vegetarian does not eat meat products, and a vegan does not eat meat, eggs or dairy products...
...standard items. At the unit that serves hot breakfast, we have pancakes and French toast that can be made with soy milk," Dougherty says. TYPES OF VEGETARIAN DIETS There are many strains of vegetarianism, and each variation carries its own restrictions. Type Prohibited Foods Lactovegetarian Meat, fish, poultry, eggs Lacto-ovo-vegetarian Meat, fish, poultry Semivegetarian Meat, but may include small amounts of fish and poultry in the diet Vegan Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy Source: Dingott, M.S., R.D., Susan and Johanna Dwyer, Sc. D., R.D. Vegetarianism: Healthful but Unnecessary. Quackwatch...
Where it couldn't cram its surpluses down foreign gullets, the U.S. seemed determined to force-feed its own. President Eisenhower, taking a tip from Lacto-phile Pierre Mendès-France, announced that the nation's armed forces and schoolchildren were going to get more milk. Benson urged the nation to eat more eggs. With U.S. hens laying 270 million more eggs in January than the record nestful of a year ago, Benson had reason to be alarmed. "Besides being friendly to your budget," cackled an urgent Agriculture Department brochure, "eggs are friendly...