Vegetarianism, Veganism and GM Food

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English, 11ºC Joana Pereira; Matilde Félix

Vegetarianism, Veganism andGM Food

1. Vegetarianism

• Flexitari anism.

• Pescatarianism;

• Pesco-ovo-lacto vegetarianism;

• Ovo-lacto vegetarianism;

• Lacto vegetarianism;

• Ovo-vegetarianism;

• Veganism;

Types of vegetarianism

Ovo-vegetarian

Lacto vegetarianism

Ovo-lacto vegetarianism

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Pesco-ovo-lacto vegetarianism

Flexitarianism

2. Veganism

• Respect for animal life, vegetarians consider the killing and suffering of animals for human consumption to be unfair and cruel.
• Environmental protection and trying to combat overproduction. Raising livestock, such as cows, chickens, pigs etc. is among the biggest polluters of the environment as much of the waste is released into water circuits.
• Religious reasons can also be the cause

Reasons to adopt Vegetarianism:

Disadvantages

1. Losses of:
1. milk as a source of calcium in the diet
2. sources of B vitamins
3. high quality protein sources.

Advantages

1. Elimination of dietary cholesterol consumption
2. Combating the exploitation of animals for food production.

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Advantages and disadvantages of veganism

• Vegans can eat any type of food of plant origin, such as:
• cereals;
• fruits;
• vegetables;
• tubers;

• roots;
• mushrooms;
• seeds;
• among others.

What does a vegan eat?

• The vegan represents an option that is not just food. Veganism is, above all, a lifestyle. A vegan not only does not come from food or products derived from animals, but also does not use products of animal origin – for example, clothing or objects.

Difference between vegetarianism and veganism

GM Food are foods derived from genetically modified organisms, the GMOs.

3. Genetically Modified Foods

• GMOs can be defined as organisms in which the genetic material, the DNA, has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally.

• The technology that is responsible for this process is called Modern Biotechnology.
• This allows selected individual genes to be transferred from one organism into another, it can happen also between non-related species.

Genetically Modified Foods

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Genetically Modified Foods

• corn and soybean:
• rice:
• potatoes:

Genetically Modified Foods- Common GM Foods

Negative:

1. Causes resistance to antibiotics;
2. Toxicity;
3. Allergenicity.

Positive:

1. improved agricultural performance with less labour input and less cost input;
2. foods with a greater shelf life;
3. disease and herbicide resistance;
4. potentially drought content;
5. improved nutritional content;

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Positive and negative impacts of GM food

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• counterproductive (opposing or reacting to sth)

• overweight (more than, too much)
• subzero (under, less than)
• supercomputer (big, more than)
• prepaid ( before, in advance)
• outrun (do/ be more than)

Word Formation:

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• resist: withstand the action or effect of
• eliminate: to remove or take away something
• reduce: make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size
• transfer: an act of moving something or someone to another place
• improve: make or become better
• insert: place, fit, or push (something) into something else
• survive: continue to live or exist, especially in spite of danger
• experiment: a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

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