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Vegetarian Foods for Good Health
Information on Nutrient Dense Healthy Foods for Part-Vegetarians, Ovo-Lacto Vegetarians and Vegans

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Vegetarian Foods for Good Health

There are dozens of important micronutrients including vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and others, which play an important role in vegetarian/vegan nutrition and dietary health. The following general list of vegetarian/vegan foods contains the most nutrient-dense foods for optimum micronutrient intake.

Nutrient Dense Vegetarian Foods

This is not a comprehensive list of healthy vegetarian foods. It simply highlights those foods that score especially highly for their micronutrient ingredients.

If your diet includes these nutritious foods on a regular basis, your intake of vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals should be perfectly adequate.

Carrots
Sweet potatoes
Red peppers
Spinach
Wheatgerm, wheatgerm-oil
Blackcurrants
Yeast extracts
Sunflower seeds
Nori and Kombu seaweeds
Peanuts (plain)
Lentils
Nutri-Grain breakfast cereal
Black-eye beans
Soy beans
Poppy seeds
Sesame seeds
Figs
Bananas
Tofu (steamed)
Pumpkin seeds
Brazil nuts
Walnuts
Flaxseed oil
Broccoli
Mangos
Peaches, Nectarines
All green leafy vegetables
Vitamin B12 fortified foods
Vitamin D fortified foods

Vegetarian Diet