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The fact is, as hundreds of millions of healthy vegetarians around the world demonstrate, it is very easy to have a well-balanced diet with vegetarian foods. Vegetarian foods provide plenty of protein; careful combining of foods is not necessary. Meat-eaters get B12 through microorganisms living in the animals they eat. The American Dietetic Association has found vegan diets adequate for fulfilling nutritional needs during pregnancy, but pregnant women and nursing mothers are advised to supplement their diets with vitamins B12 and D. Most doctors also recommend that pregnant women supplement their diet with iron and folic acid, although vegetarians normally consume more folic acid than meat-eaters. Vegetarian women have a lower incidence of pre-eclampsia in pregnancy, and significantly more pure breast milk. A vegetarian menu is life-extending.
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