Forms of nutrition
What we eat, how we prepare it, and how we eat it often depends on location and culture, which makes nutrition subject to strong regional differences. There is no correct form of nutrition.
In recent decades, more alternative forms of nutrition have developed in complement to traditional nutrition. A chosen diet can derive from health, ecological, ideological, ethical or religious influences. Following is a summary of the most important alternative forms of nutrition according to ideological and health background.
Alternative forms of nutrition with a predominantly ideological background
| Form of nutrition | Food selection |
|---|---|
| Anthroposophical | Predominantly lacto-vegetarian |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | Predominantly vegetarian, regular fish consumption, rarely meat and eggs |
| Ayurveda | Predominantly lacto-vegetarian |
| Macrobiotic | Predominantly vegan, occasionally fish |
| Mazdaznan diet | Ovo-lacto-vegetarian |
Source: Claus Leitzmann, Markus Keller: Vegetarian diet (2010). 2nd edition, UTB Verlag
Alternative forms of nutrition with predominantly health background
| Form of nutrition | Food selection |
|---|---|
| Schnitzer-Intensive Food | Vegan |
| Fit for Life | Predominantly vegan |
| Raw food | Predominantly vegan |
| Waerland diet | Lacto-vegetarian |
| Evers diet | Ovo-lacto-vegetarian |
| Schnitzer Normal Food | Ovo-lacto-vegetarian |
| Hay diet | Mainly vegetarian |
| Vital substance-rich wholefood diet | Mainly vegetarian |
| Wholefood diet | Mainly vegetarian |
Source: Claus Leitzmann, Markus Keller: Vegetarian diet (2010). 2nd edition, UTB Verlag