Studies of vegetarian groups have revealed that they suffer less from heart disease, strokes and gallstones.

She is a popular speaker in vegetarian groups, though she is not considered 'standard fare' for such groups.

In 2002, vegetarian groups, largely Hindu and Buddhist, successfully sued McDonald's for misrepresenting its French fries as vegetarian, when they contained beef broth.

The butcher who owns the ground-floor deli takes what meat he can get, which usually means sacrificing a recently hired handyman; a vegetarian underground group tries to thwart him.

In countries like Japan and China and among vegetarian groups, cholesterol levels and colon cancer rates are very low.

And at last month's National Nutrition Summit in Washington, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a vegetarian group, argued that dairy products are unhealthy.

In addition, TEVA affiliates with other Esperantist and vegetarian groups.

However, they maintain relationships with Catholic and Orthodox Christian groups and with non-Christian vegetarian groups.

Semi-vegetarianism is contested by vegetarian groups who state that vegetarianism excludes all animal flesh.

Nevertheless, today's announcement had animal rights and vegetarian groups in the United States salivating in anticipation.