Atlanta is a great place to be a vegetarian or vegan. There are many restaurants offering a wide variety of meatless, vegetarian and/or vegan cuisine, from Mediterranian to Asian, soul food to American Southwestern. Here is a sampling of what awaits the visitor at Atlanta's favorite vegetarian establishments.

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In Ayurveda, onions and garlic plus chives, shallots, leeks (all from the Allium family) are rajasic and tamasic foods – that is foods in the modes of passion and ignorance.These two modes are avoided by yogis and renounced souls as unsuitable for offering to the Deity. Spiritual seekers eat only sattvic foods – foods in the mode of goodness.

Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. The reasons for choosing vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, taste, or health.There are several variants of the diet, some of which also exclude eggs and/or some products produced from animal labor such as dairy products and honey. Veganism, for example, excludes all animal products from diet. By some strict definitions, animal products are not used for attire either, whether or not the production of clothing or items has involved the actual death of an animal (dairy, eggs, honey, wool, silk, down feathers, etc.) A generic term for both vegetarianism and veganism, as well as for similar diets, is "Plant-based diets".Vegetarian diets have been found to satisfy the nutritional needs for all stages of life, and large-scale studies have shown vegetarianism to increase longevity, improve health, and significantly lower risks of cancer and other diseases.