Vegetarian defintion list....helpful

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Here is a list that I just thought I'd share in the midst of current

post....Uhuru (peace)

 

Vegans

Vegans eat only foods of plant origin, no foods of animal origin;

that means, no eggs, dairy products, or honey. Soyfoods, legumes,

nuts and seitan form the protein building blocks, and are rounded

out by grains, fruits, and vegetables.

 

Lacto-Vegetarians

Ovo-Vegetarians

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians

Lacto-ovo vegetarians eat as above with the addition of dairy

products (lacto) and/or eggs (ovo). This is the style of eating most

often meant in America when people refer to " vegetarian. " Lacto-ovo

food choices, in other words, do contain some foods of animal

origin, but no foods composed of the animal's actual flesh, or

products thereof (for instance, if rice was cooked in chicken stock,

it would not be acceptable to your typical lacto-ovo vegetarian).

 

Pesce-Vegetarians (sometimes called Pescetarians)

 

In addition to the foods above, pesce-vegetarians eat fish. (Most

vegans and lacto-ovo vegetarians do not, by the way, consider those

who eat fish " real " vegetarians --- you see why definitions can

create divisions between people?)

 

" Vegetarian Sympathizers "

Folks who do eat meat, fish, and chicken --- but perhaps much less

than they once did, and perhaps more carefully (they may choose

organically raised meats). They lean somewhat towards a low- or no-

meat way in their thinking. Frequently Sympathizers and Pesces are

on the continuum towards a lacto-ovo or vegan way of eating.