If a person doesn't eat meat or fish, but eats dairy and eggs, are they a vegetarian or a pescatarian or what?!
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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). This is the most common type of vegetarian in North America.
Lacto-vegetarian is used to describe a vegetarian who does not eat eggs, but does eat dairy products. Many Hindu vegetarians are lacto-vegetarians who avoid eggs for religious reasons while continuing to eat dairy.
Ovo-vegetarian refers to people who do not eat meat or dairy products but do eat eggs. Some people are ovo-vegetarians because they are lactose-intolerant.
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/glossary/…
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Far and away, most vegetarians in the US eat eggs and dairy products. Technically, they're called ovo-lacto vegetarians. But if you hear someone claiming to be a vegetarian, the odds are pretty good they eat eggs and dairy products.
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Vegetarian, a pescatarian won't eat any meat except fish. Furthermore, you're an ovolactovegetarian. ovo means you eat eggs, lacto means you drink milk/eat milk products. Of course, some cheese contains rennet, which is not vegetarian.
A person that eats no animal flesh but includes dairy and eggs is simply a vegetarian. This diet is the most common among vegetarians.
They are a vegetarian. Pescatarians don't eat any animal products except for fish.
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They are vegetarian, just not vegan.
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Ovolactovegetarian. There are a lot of them.
pesc- means fish, so that doesn't apply. ovo=egg, lact=milk. ovolactarian is a person that eats eggs and milk products like cheese but avoids meats. since they do not eat solely plants, they are not true vegetarians. they are just not canivores (carni means meat).
I think they are called pescetarians. i have a friend who is just like that and that is what he calls himself.
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