As healthy lifestyles have taken over the minds of the general public, people have started to pay more attention to the food they eat, which in turn has triggered a renewal in vegetarianism. Vegetarianism is a term used to describe the practice of living on a diet consisting of nuts, grains, fruits and vegetables, with or without the use of eggs and dairy products. People usually associate vegetarianism with the hippie movement of the 1960s; however, it was Frances Moore Lappé's iconic book, Diet for a Small Planet, published in 1971, that launched the vegetarian movement. Since 1971, vegetarian cookbooks, restaurants and food brands have become popular and have attracted the favor of approximately 7 million Americans. Unfortunately, despite the growing popularity of vegetarianism, most people who follow a carnivorous diet laugh at the idea of ​​giving up meat. Although omnivores are reluctant to abandon their current diet, giving a vegetarian diet a try for even just a month or two can lead to a number of positive consequences. By adopting a vegetarian diet a person is not alone...