57.1+/-10.8
Carbs(g)284.0+/-77.4299.5+/-38.8288.3+/-79.8
Carbs(%E) 54.0+/-4.6 60.9+/-5.1 55.9+/-4.5
Fiber(g) 22.4+/-7.2 35.0+/-9.9 24.7+/-7.9
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Statistics represent nutrient intakes of premenopausal nonvegetarian and vegetarian women. Abbreviations include: F=fat; E=energy; BW=body weight; Sat=Saturated; Mono=Monounsaturated; Poly=polyunsaturated; Carbs=carbohydrate; and P:S ratio=ratio of poly fat to sat fat (Janelle & Barr 183).
Fat-soluble vitamins include vitamins A, D, and E. Vitamin A is found only in animal products; it can be synthesized from the provitamin carotenoids which are distributed in many fruits and vegetables. Carotenoids are yellow-orange pigments, the best known and most active is beta-carotene. Carotenoid intake and serum carotenoid levels are stated as about twice as high in vegetarians as in nonvegetarians. Vitamin A refers to the compounds: retinol, retinaldehyde, and retinoic acid. These are responsible for vision, growth, cellular differ
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