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Do vegetarians eat more visible fat than non-vegetarians?
To everyone’s surprise, a study revealed that vegetarians consume more visible fat than non-vegetarians. A research was conducted at the Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) about consumption of visible fat (oil, butter, ghee, lard, hydrogenated fat etc) by individuals in seven Indian metros that included Hyderabad, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai.
The study revealed that the average daily (per day) consumption of visible fat among vegetarians in these metro cities was 40.4 grams per day while the non-vegetarians consumed just 30.1 grams per day.
The intake of visible fat was high from the most common and frequently consumed food items by vegetarians including dal fry along with white rice, stuffed paratha, chuduva, bisibelebath, pulihora etc.