Different kinds of vegeterians?!


Question: What are all the different kinds and what do they mean, like the ones that only eat fish and that's it, and what other ones are there?


Answers: What are all the different kinds and what do they mean, like the ones that only eat fish and that's it, and what other ones are there?

Well, vegetarians don't eat any meat. That would divide vegetarians into the following:

Lacto-vegetarian - will eat dairy
Ovo-vegetarian - will eat eggs
Lacto-Ovo vegetarian - will eat dairy AND eggs
Strict Vegetarian - no eggs or dairy, just plant sources of foods

And of course, finally there is vegan...

A vegan someone that does not eat dairy, eggs, honey, will not wear wool, silk, leather, fur and avoids to the best of their abilities products like makeup that are made with animal fat or animal byproducts, nor will vegans typically support any company that harms animals (for instance, they won't buy detergent from a laundry detergent company that tests on animals). It is not possible to live 100% vegan but you do it to the best of your abilities.

If someone eats fish, they are no longer vegetarian, but there is a word for it - pescatarian.

There are also people that call themselves flexitarians and they eat mostly a plant-based diet but do include meat as a small percentage of their meals (I suppose the emphasis lies on that they typically eat fish and restrict red meat and the fact that a majority of their diet is vegetarian). However, that is not a part of being vegetarian either.

A pescetarian is someone who refrains from eating all meat (chicken, beef, poultry..) except fish

A lacto-ovo-vegetarian is one who does not eat any meat but eats dairy products (milk and eggs etc.)

so therefore a lacto-vegetarian is one who does not eat meat or eggs but frinks cows milk and an ovo-vegetarian is one who does not eat meat or drink cows milk but eats eggs.

Also, a strict vegetarian is one who refrians from all meat and dairy products, but does not go to the extent of a vegean by having it as a lifestytle (clothing, furniture, etc.)

vegan- no eggs no dairy
vegetarian no meat,fish no animals.
but there are some that just eat seafood

There is only one kind, the one that doesn't eat MEAT.
Any other "kinds" are just meat eaters.


Someone who eats fish is a meat eater, and ex.





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