Vegetarian Food Menu

Food is a collective name for edible products obtained from nature (flora and fauna). The meaning of food is to exercise biological support for human organism. It provides the whole range of nutritive elements necessary to maintain a normal course of physiological processes. There is a great variety of food products containing different amount of nutritive elements, such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. These nutrients are the main subject to characterize food products and mark them as more or less important for human health.

Food is divided into animal and vegetable products. Animal products are meat, fish flesh, sea fauna (crabs, shrimps, etc.), animal-derived products (milk, eggs) and animal byproducts (gelatin, etc.). This type of products is rich in proteins; it is excluded from most diets and vegetarian food menu. Vegetable food (also referred as vegetarian food) consists of fruits, vegetables and mushrooms. There are several types of vegetarian food diets: milk diet (allows consumption of milk, cheese, yogurts, etc.); eggs diet (permits eggs); and milk-eggs diet (the combination of the previous two).

Vegetarian food is an important subject of food, health and recreational industries. Modern restaurants may offer special meals, for example Indian vegetarian food menu. Fitness coaches may recommend healthy vegetarian food menu to their clients. Travelers are given opportunity to request a vegetarian food menu when booking a transport ticket or a hotel package.

Individuals willing to keep to a vegetarian diet due to any reason are offered a great number of vegetarian food and wine recipes widely available as printed publications and on the Internet.