The study claims that vegetarians have a lower quality of life than meat eaters and are more likely to have cancer and heart attacks. In contrast, “an analysis of vegetarian diets based on ten studies found that vegetarians consumed less than omnivores for only a few nutrients: vitamins B-12 and C, calcium and zinc. The general conclusions were that vegetarian diets can be nutritionally adequate. Any nutritional deficits can be made up by taking supplements, eating fortified foods, or preparing and combining foods to improve the absorption of vitamins and minerals (for example, soaking and sprouting beans and grains, or by taking foods rich in iron or zinc with fruits rich in vitamins). C to improve the absorption of iron and zinc” (McIntosh). A concern for vegetarians, however, is vitamins B-12, because they are only found in meat and there are no unfortified plant foods that contain sufficient amounts. fortified foods that contain a good amount of vitamin B-12 such as soy and rice drinks, and some