Who is a vegetarian, a vegan, or an omnivore?!
Who is a vegetarian, a vegan, or an omnivore?
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1) Pescatarian (also spelled pescetarian)
The word “pescatarian” is occasionally used to describe those who abstain from eating all meat and animal flesh with the exception of fish. Although the word is not commonly used, more and more people are adopting this kind of diet, usually for health reasons or as a stepping stone to a fully vegetarian diet.
2) Flexitarian/Semi-vegetarian
You don’t have to be vegetarian to love vegetarian food! “Flexitarian” is a term recently coined to describe those who eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but occasionally eat meat.
3) Vegetarian (Lacto-ovo- vegetarian)
When most people think of vegetarians, they think of lacto-ovo-vegetarians. People who do not eat beef, pork, poultry, fish, shellfish or animal flesh of any kind, but do eat eggs and dairy products are lacto-ovo vegetarians (“lacto” comes from the Latin for milk, and “ovo” for egg).
Lacto-vegetarian is used to describe a vegetarian who does not eat eggs, but does eat dairy products.
Ovo-vegetarian refers to people who do not eat meat or dairy products but do eat eggs.
4) Vegan
Vegans do not eat meat of any kind and also do not eat eggs, dairy products, or processed foods containing these or other animal-derived ingredients such as gelatin. Many vegans also refrain from eating foods that are made using animal products that may not contain animal products in the finished process, such as sugar and some wines. There is some debate as to whether certain foods, such as honey, fit into a vegan diet.
5) Raw vegan/Raw food diet
A raw vegan diet consists of unprocessed vegan foods that have not been heated above 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius). “Raw foodists” believe that foods cooked above this temperature have lost a significant amount of their nutritional value and are harmful to the body.
6) Macrobiotic
The macrobiotic diet, revered by some for its healthy and healing qualities, includes unprocessed vegan foods, such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and allows the occasional consumption of fish. Sugar and refined oils are avoided. Perhaps the most unique qualifier of the macrobiotic diet is its emphasis on the consumption of Asian vegetables, such as daikon, and sea vegetables, such as seaweed.
An omnivore eats meat.
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im a vegitarian...
I'm vegan 99% of the time. My only exceptions are occassional egg whites, butter and honey. But if I say I'm vegetarian someone always tries to offer me milk, cheese, fish or yokes.
I'm a pescatarian.. I don't eat any other type of meat except fish. But that`s only because my parents force me to as they say I need the protein.
I can`t wait to turn 18 when I`ll be able t be a vegetarian!.
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Everyone here can be whatever they want in this lifetime, but the truth is that they would not be here today if their ancestors did not do whatever they had to survive. Insects, worms, scavenging, you name it. Ancient humans had to eat all kinds of critters for you to choose what you want to eat today.
A vegetarian is anyone who limits their animal intake and replaces it with plant material. They are generally listed by the Latin form of the animal protean they eat.
pecar- eat pork
polo- eat poultry
phesi- eat fish
ovo- eat egg
lacto- eat dairy
you can eat only vegetables and NOT be a Vegan. Vegans have a personal, political, and lifestyle aversion to any and all animal products. Some Vegans are calm and rational, Pam Anderson and her fellow PETA members. Then there are the weirdos (like in every group and organization) who make the annual PETA meeting look like the BBQ at 12 oaks. These types of folks are responsible for "freeing" 2,000 mink in the late '90's. The minks, being caravores, attacked and killed livestock and pets all over the English country side. PETA called the incident foolish.
My husband and myself are on the other end of the spectrum. I am a Broco-Lettuce-Starch-meatarain and my husband is a Meatgan. For personal and political reasons he is firmly for vegetables right to life, liberty and the persute of sunshine. (a joke carried too far
I'm vegetarian and sort of vegan. like I'll eat cheese and drink milk and eat honey but i wont wear like leather and wool.
Today, typically the term vegetarian is used to refer to those who merely don't eat meat (muscle & organ tissue), but still eat animal products such as eggs & dairy.
The term vegan is used to describe those who eat no animal products at all. In the animal world, these are herbivores.
Omnivore refers to an animal (and humans) that eats both animal and plant life.
I am a total omnivore. If it can be consumed I will try it twice (the first time I could have been prejudiced). I am still working on my aversion to some edible insects.
I enjoy vegetarian food and have many vegetarian and semi-vegetarian friends including my GF.
I was, also, married to a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 4 years. She was actually a starch-itarian; she only seemed to enjoy pasta and did not enjoy vegetables nearly as much as I do.