{"id":101,"date":"2018-10-11T13:08:05","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/?p=101"},"modified":"2018-10-31T13:39:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T13:39:56","slug":"the-vegetarian-food-pyramid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/the-vegetarian-food-pyramid\/flexitarian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vegetarian Food Pyramid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below is an example of a food pyramid tailored to those eating or thinking about switching to a vegetarian diet.<\/p>\n<p>Of note is the emphasis on grains which are needed to bulk out the calorific content, given that most Fruits &amp; non starchy Vegetables are quite low in these by volume. Also that protein remains important hence the Legumes, Seeds &amp; Nuts.<\/p>\n<p>Many people considering a vegetarian diet worry about getting enough protein, however virtually all Fruit &amp; Veg contains some, with\u00a0broccoli, spinach, asparagus, artichokes, potatoes, sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts being particularly good sources.<\/p>\n<p>For those switching but reluctant to give up meat\u00a0Seitan is a popular choice as it is high in protein (around 25%) and it maintains a meat like look and texture when cooked. Ideal for stews etc.<\/p>\n<p>Fruit is a great source of nutrients, however it does tend to be high in natural sugars (fructose) hence 2-4 portions a day is enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-102\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/10\/Food-Pyramid-1.gif\" alt=\"Vegetarian eating\" width=\"800\" height=\"860\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is an example of a food pyramid tailored to those eating or thinking about switching to a vegetarian diet. Of note is the emphasis on grains which are needed to bulk out the calorific content, given that most Fruits &amp; non starchy Vegetables are quite low in these by volume. Also that protein remains&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[14,12,13,11],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flexitarian","category-vegetarian-eating","tag-seitan","tag-vegetarian","tag-vegetarian-eating","tag-vegetarian-food-pyramid"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}