Environmental vegetarianism is the practice of vegetarianism based on the belief that the production of meat by intensive agriculture is environmentally unsustainable. The primary environmental concerns with meat production are pollution and the use of resources such as fossil fuels, water, and land.

"The problem: My diet doesn't fit any of the usual descriptions. It's not low-carb, low-fat, or high-protein. I'm not a vegetarian, and I haven't sworn off sugar. The truth is, I eat almost everything. And that's what makes it so effective."

Many people automatically think that vegetarian diet is healthy. This is not entirely true. Although it’s a lot easier to maintain a healthy lifestyle on a vegetarian diet, the very assumption that your diet is healthy only because it’s vegetarian can bring problems.

It is a complete myth that people who are devoid of animal foods would have nutritional deficiency. People on vegetarian diets have no danger of health problems or nutritional deficiencies.

Switching to a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of E. coli and other food-borne illnesses. A plant-based diet improves immune function, allowing the body to better deal with infections, and can also help people maintain a healthy weight and ward off the chronic health problems associated with obesity.

Taking into account a great interest of our society to vegetarianism and the fact that accoucheurs-gynaecologists that work with our magazine quite often deal with women-vegetarians, which don’t want to quit their diet at all even during bearing and nursing a baby, we offer here two articles that support opposite points of view on the problem