Dietary Fiber and Phytate Intake of Strict Vegetarian Thai Adults

Abstract

A comparison is made between strict vegetarian (vegan) and non-vegetarian subjects in terms of their dietary fiber and phytate intakes. Duplicated meals were collected and analyzed for chemical composition. Estimation of dietary fiber intake in a vegetarian daily diet was in the order of 68.7 g. Vegetarian diets appeared to contain two times the dietary fiber content found in non-vegetarian diets. The average amount of phytate ingested by the vegan subjects was 3.15 g/day which was four times the amount consumed by the non-vegetarian subjects.