What is the difference between a vegitarian and a vegan?!
What is the difference between a vegitarian and a vegan?
I noticed today that no one has ever explained it to me.
Answers:
Vegetarians do not consume beef, poultry, fish, and all the other animals. Included in this list is gelatin and animal rennet. They are directly from animals, unlike animal byproducts which I'm about to talk about.
Vegans do not consume everything that vegetarians don't. The distinction is that they take it a step farther and abstain from dairy products, eggs, honey, and any other animal by product. Vegans also do not wear fur or leather.
Also, some people do not consume beef or poultry, but they do eat fish. These people are sometimes wrongly classified as vegetarians. Instead, the proper name for them would be "pescatarians".
These definitions are somewhat general. Some vegetarians do eat gelatin and rennet even though they are directly made from animals. Some vegans will eat eggs from their own personal flock. Some vegans will eat honey. It all depends on what each individual believes. Some chose this lifestyle for different reasons, including health, ethics, and the environment. So the different causes lead to different behaviors. But these are the definitions of them.