A vegetable is that organic, living being that lives, grows and will reproduce but cannot move anywhere by voluntary impulse. Or this situation is that nature has deprived them of a locomotor apparatus that precisely allows them to move.
On the other hand, the word vegetable is also widely used in our language to refer to everything that belongs to or is linked to plants.
Mostly, the plant kingdom that includes plants is made up of multicellular organisms, which are capable of synthesizing and obtaining their own food through the process of photosynthesis. Regarding their habitats, we find plants in terrestrial habitats, however, it is also possible to find them in water, since some species live and grow there.
The cells through which plants are composed are covered by a cell wall made of cellulose, which is the determining component when it comes to giving them rigidity and resistance..
As for the size of the vegetables, this is very varied since it can be very small, such as mosses, even giant, as is the case with trees, some of which can even exceed the average height and reach 100 meters in height. height.
On the other hand and in current and popular language, in addition to referring to what we mentioned before with the term vegetable, the same word designates one of the main types of food that individuals eat daily in their respective diets, breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Vegetable animals include vegetables, such as vegetables and tubers and legumes. Thus lettuce, celery, tomato, onion are vegetables and are among the most consumed by human beings, especially for the vitamins and components that are so healthy for the body that they contain.
Perhaps, then, the reason for this great presence of vegetables in people's daily meals is due to the fact that since they are considered natural foods and with an almost low participation of chemicals in their component structure, people ingest them to balance their diets and although sometimes it is not the tastiest food that can be tasted, they provide the organisms with essential nutrients and very important to keep our bodies healthy and healthy and also in some cases help us to prevent diseases or ailments thanks to some of its components that inhibit them.
Of course, for most mortals, a hamburger with french fries is much tastier, more flavorful, than a tomato, lettuce and onion salad, but of course, if we analyze the health benefits that both dishes give to the person, the salad is much healthier and more natural compared to the other proposal plagued with cholesterol and saturated fat.
Therefore, if you want to have a healthy life it will be necessary and a condition without equanom to achieve it, regularly integrate any of the existing kinds of vegetables (fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereals and mushrooms) to your diet.
Most diets include vegetables for the benefits they provide and the zero amount of fat they contain.
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the diet most associated with the consumption of vegetables, since as the main proposal it proposes to its followers and followers the total abstention from the consumption of meat of any animal: chicken, cow, pork, fish. For example, vegetarianism is based on the consumption of vegetables, cereals and fruits. Meanwhile, the person who practices vegetarianism is called a vegetarian.
It should be noted that vegetarianism is practiced by millions of people around the world, although not all of them do it for the same reasons. There are some who do it out of religious convictions, others because they cannot bear the slaughter of animals and therefore are not able to eat them, or those who do it for a health decision, to consume food that does not involve animals that have died in traumatic conditions. .
Within vegetarianism we can distinguish the vegetarian who consumes eggs and milk, despite being products derived from animals, while there are other more extreme ones, called vegans who do not ingest these products either.
