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How to Get Enough Protein As a Vegetarian

Updated: March 29, 2019

This article was co-authored by Claudia Carberry, RD. Claudia Carberry is an Outpatient Dietitian at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She received her MS in Nutrition from the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 2010.

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Though meat is a rich source of essential protein, you can still be healthy and happy on a vegetarian diet. Eating a healthy, varied vegetarian diet may reduce your risk for many illnesses, including heart disease, some cancers, diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure. [1] There are many different types of vegetarianism: vegans exclude all animal products including honey; lacto vegetarians eat dairy but not eggs; and lacto-ovo vegetarians include dairy and eggs in their diets. Pescetarianism, which includes fish and seafood but not other meats, is not technically a type of vegetarianism but is a popular lifestyle choice. [2] You can still obtain sufficient protein while adhering to a vegetarian diet, but you may need to do a little additional meal planning.