Vegetarian or vegan? Which is which? What are their differences?
A vegetarian diet is one of the most popular diets nowadays. It has been found to be beneficial to one’s health as it helps reduce the risk of certain diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and some cancer. More and more people are choosing this diet to improve their overall health. They also choose this diet for ethical, religious, and environmental reasons.
A vegetarian is someone whose diet consists of plant-based food, doesn’t eat any animal meat but may or may not include dairy, eggs, and honey in their diet.
There are several types of vegetarian. The most common are:
Lacto-ovo vegetarian
Lacto vegetarian
Ovo vegetarian
Vegan
A lacto-ovo vegetarian is someone who eats a meatless diet but eats eggs and dairy.
A lacto vegetarian is someone who eats a meatless diet but eats dairy.
An ovo vegetarian is someone who eats a meatless diet but eats eggs.
A vegan is someone who doesn’t eat all kinds of animal meat as well as all animal derived products such as dairy, eggs, and honey. Their diet is entirely vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, and nuts. Many vegans also don’t use animal products such as leather, wool, and any beauty products that involve animal testing.
Other forms of diets that people often confuse as vegetarian but are absolutely not vegetarian are:
Flexitarian or semi-vegetarian is someone whose diet is mostly plant-based but eats all kinds of meat and animal products on a occasional basis.
Pescatarian or pescetarian is someone whose diet centers on plant-based foods but eats seafoods.
Pollotarian is someone whose diet centers on plant-based foods but eats chicken.
Pesco pollo vegetarian is someone whose diet centers on plant-based foods but eats both chicken and meat. They don’t, however, eat red meat.
Are you a vegetarian or are you considering now this type of diet? Let me know in the comment section below!
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Vegetarian vs Vegan
What are the differences between vegetarian and vegan?
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