What exactly do vegetarians eat?

Question

I've heard two different statements about vegetarians...I've heard that vegetarians don't eat dairy and meat...but then i've heard that vegetarians don't consider fish, chicken, eggs or turkey as meat (flesh). What exactly do REAL vegetarians eat...and can you provide your sources such as websites or personal experiences..

Answer 1

Asian vegetarians eat fish, and seafood
Ovo-Lacto vegetarians eat dairy and eggs
Vegans don't eat any animals or animal products
Non red-meat eaters aren't considered vegetarian, even if they consider themselves to be vegetarian.
Vegetarians eat everything else besides animals, which is more food than not. In fact, turning vegetarian will open up, not limit, your options of what you eat

Answer 2

This question seems to be a bit too in-depth, redundant, and silly. Nonetheless, it would seem, by the name, that a vegetarian would eat primarily vegetables. Now, a VEGAN, for instance, would eat ONLY vegetables, and nothing AT ALL that has anything to do with animals. Example: NO meats, NO cheese, NO dairy, NO fish. Vegetarians probably just stay away from meat. Unless theyre a member of PETA, then you get the crazy ones. Regarding personal experiences, I prefer to consume a healthy variety of foods in order to stay alive, including meat, cheese, and various forms of aqua life, cooked and otherwise.

Answer 3

There are different kinds of vegetarians. None of them eat any animal flesh. If someone claims to be a vegetarian and eats fish or chicken, they are not a vegetarian.

Some vegetarians do eat eggs and dairy and some do not. The basic "rule" of thumb is that they don't eat animals.

What do vegetarians eat? Everything else!

Answer 4

ok, let me try to simplify it.

vegetarians, by definition, do not eat animal flesh. (no meat from any animal: cow, chicken, pig, fish, etc.)
some people only eat fish and still want to call themselves vegetarians, so they've made a new word: pesco-vegetarians. most vegetarians think that's hypocritical.
even worse are those who eat chicken and still think they are vegetarians.

and strict vegetarians are called vegans. vegans don't eat or use any animal products. meat, eggs, dairy, leather, gelatin, or any of the animal byproducts found in makeup, etc. many also try to avoid products that were tested on animals. it's a lot of work. some vegans still eat honey, others don't.

Answer 5

There are different kinds of vegetarians. Fruitarians are the strictest and will not eat anything if it kills the plant so they eat mostly fruit. Vegans do not eat any animal products. I am a lacto-ovo-vegetarian. I eat eggs and dairy products. This is the most lenient vegetarian diet. Some people eat meat but they do not eat red meat. This diet has a name too (I can’t remember what it is) but it is not considered vegetarian.

Answer 6

Vegetarians DO NOT eat chicken, turkey or fish, since that defies the principle of being vegetarian.

We, vegetarians, eat tofu and soy products to meet out protein needs. Beans, sprouts and nuts also provide nutritious substitute to dead animals flesh.

Vegetarians eat dairy (eggs and milk) because they don;t involve a dead animal. However, organic and cage-cruelty free products are preferred because they come from happy animals.

Vegans do not consume dairy. There eat egg substitutes and soy milk instead.

Answer 7

Well being that most people eat meat, and veg.'s just don't like to be completly left out of a social group based on their eating habits the'll lean toward fish and chicken sometimes turkey. Not to mention christmas dinner and all the other family things the constant fights arising from you not eating the ham casserole they will compremise.
Strick veg. No butter, milk, red meat or white meat.
Fruits&nuts, Vegetables and certain cooking oils, vitaminsand other nutrients from herbal teas. Plain sugar is out, only cane suger(the brown packet) sea salts only. Organics are nice expensive though. That basically it. You eat like a wealthy rabbit at a green buffet.

Answer 8

well vegetarians kinda cheat. some eat fish and some don't and some eat animal derived ingrediants and dairy and some don't. if you want to be vegan than it is strictly no animal what so ever. some ingrediants are derived from animals an written like a big long word u can't pronounce. it's hard to find vegan food. and their is mock food like fake chicken and fake beef that tastes real. nothing wrong with that.

Answer 9

Well, I am cathloic, and on lent, we dont consider fish as meat either. But i think they just eat dairy, since they didnt "kill" the animal, or fruits and vegetables. There are also people like 1/2 vegetarians who eat a LITTLE meat, but mostly other products, but then again, that isnt really "VEGETARAIN" is it? i could never be one! =]

Answer 10

I, myself am a vegatarian and i strictly do not eat meat. Vegatarians do eat fish, eggs, cheese, milk, etc. VEGANS do not eat anything with even grease from an animal. Which means no milk, potato chips, cheese, yogurt, etc. Vegatarians eat those things. So a vegatarian JUST DOESN'T eat animal flesh or meat. Hope i could answer your question!