is vegetarian and vegan the same thing?

Answer 1

Vegetarians (generally) don't eat meat. Some eat fish.

Vegans don't eat meat or fish, PLUS they don't consume dairy products, such as milk and eggs. They follow a stricter diet that does not contain animal products, such as gelatin (horse hooves) in sports drinks and pill capsules, or white sugar (brown sugar refined through animal bone).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veganism

I love the next step up: fruitarian. In the strictest sense, they only eat the fruit of plants. Some from this subgroup of veganism go as far as to only eat fruit that is no longer living; that is, only that which has FALLEN off the tree. Yum.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitarianism

Answer 2

Vegetarians in general, do not eat meat, and sometimes have a few vegan ways of not eating certain things that come from animals. Some vegetarians consider fish as meat and some don't, in my family (my mom's the only vegetarian), we consider fish meat.

Vegan on the otherhand, is where everything you eat is 100% natural, and not from a living mammal (not even eggs or dairy). It's somewhat of an odd concept considering that plants, trees, and other greens are as alive as a cow, they just aren't complex enough to be what we actually consider "living".

Answer 3

A vegetarian won’t eat meat but some don't consider chicken, fish or turkey meat so they may eat that.

A vegan is someone that eats no meat or anything made from an animal product like milk [from cows], cheese [made from milk], eggs, butter, honey [bees are insects but the extreme ones won't eat it since they consider it a living creature]. You get the picture.

Then there are fruitarians, they only eat fruit and the extremist will only eat fruit that has fallen off a tree – in their words "so they don't hurt the tree by pulling the fruit off of it". Then there are the breatharians, they exist on only a minimal amount of water and do this to clean their system and show their dedication to living a minimalist life.

There are all sorts of food based religions too, some will only eat food of a certain color [yellow: corn, yellow beans, bananas etc] and some will only eat the things that they can grow on their property.

Answer 4

i agree with Katz... ignore the idiotic sayings, "both are dumb, blah blah blah".

Vegetarians DO NOT eat:
- meat (beef, veal, ham, salami, turkey, chicken, etc; some don't eat fish)

Vegans believe that, and go further - that any by-product of an animal is still endangering said animal, so it's all or nothing, really. It's not that hard of a concept, people - you either save the whole thing, or you let it die.

Vegans DO NOT eat:
- meat
- dairy (still comes from cows)
- eggs (still come from chickens)
- fish
- butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, etc (diary-related products)

Vegans will choose not to wear fur / leather clothing, as viewing those materials as still contributing to animal sufferage. Vegetarians may follow this view as well (more often than not).

Wait! Before you go, "oh great, what the hell am i gonna eat, then?" remember =
The only real limitations in these lifestyle choices are that we abandon eating animals and using their by-products! There are many options if you wish to become a compassionate soul and become a Vegetarian or Vegan - both ways help.

By not eating meat, we open ourselves to many different, and sometimes exotic foods that otherwise would may have gone unnoticed!:
- the classic, TOFU (though bland by itself, it is the most versatile staple i can think of - it absorbs the flavor of what ever you are cooking, thus eliminating its "blandness"!) - very high in protein.
- ALL VEGETABLES! leave no vegetable behind! try them all!
- soymilk (just as good as diary, if not a tad creamer, i think (plain soymilk, to me, tastes like the milk you'd drink from the bowl after eating a bowl of Cheerios and lletting the milk absorb the Cheerios flavor! it's nifty!)
- soy-cheese, soy-yogurts, soy-ice-creams, soy cream-cheese, etc
- ALL FRUITS, NUTS, PASTAS, RICES, etc!
- vegab "meats" - imitation sausages, bolognes, chicken nuggets, steak strips, burgers, crumbles, etc!
- mouthwatering varities of veggieburgers!

and on and on! it is absolutely possible to live an animal-free, cruelty-free life!

here are some foods you can shop for in the supermarket, for starters!
- Morningstar / Morningstar Farms (freezer section - vegan meats/veggieburgers)
- Tofutti (dairy section - vegan cream cheese, and ice cream sandwiches called "Cuties" -they taste exactly like "normal" ice cream sandwiches!)
- Soy Dream (soy-based yogurts)
- VeggieSlices (produce section, believe it or not! - soy cheese slices - yummy flavors!)
- Silk Soymilk (tastiest of the soymilks--more flavors! even vegan egg-nog around the holidays!!)
...phew! there are lots more, just keep your eyes peeled, or ask around if ya need help!
hope this helps! peace

Answer 5

No. All vegans are vegetarian, but not all vegetarians are vegan...

A vegetarian doesn't eat meat, but will eat dairy products like milk, cheese, butter, yogurt, etc.

A vegan does not eat any animal products at all.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Vegetarians, as a whole, do not eat red meat. Some also choose to exclude poultry (pollo-veg) and/or seafood (pesco-veg). Because chicken and fish are indeed meat, it's debatable whether most would call it vegetarianism, but they are accepted forms.

Many veg's, in additon to actual flesh, eliminate non-meat animal products like gelatin and caesin. It varies a lot, though.

Drop all meat, but eat eggs and dairy, you're "lacto-ovo-vegetarian"
Drop all dairy products, and eat eggs, you're "ovo-vegetarian"
Drop eggs in all forms, but consume dairy, you're "lacto-vegetarian"

No eggs OR dairy, plus, no non-meat animal products, including honey, and you're, by definition, "vegan".

Go even further, and eat only plants and plant products (nothing grown with bacteria), and you're "macrobiotic" *please note, some macrobiotics DO eat meat. There's more to the philosophy than being non-meat-eaters. So, it's not technically a form of vegetarianism*

Vow not to cook your food, or do anything but pick and eat, and you're "raw-vegan", "raw-macrobiotic", or just "raw".

SO, to answer your question, there are, in fact, EIGHT forms af vegetarianism. (macro's don't count) pollo, pesco, pollo-pesco, ovo, lacto, lacto-ovo, vegan, and raw.

Answer 8

Vegitarians don't eat meat.

Vegans don't eat anything that was or was made from animals. Such as eggs and milk. It is very hard to be vegan cause there are so many limitations. I would like to do this but it would be way to hard for me. Good work all you vegans out there. You are very good people.

Answer 9

You are getting some right answers and some wrong answers.

No vegetarian OR vegan will eat any type of animal flesh..period.
Vegans however will not use any animal products at all (eggs, honey, milk, wool, silk etc)

Answer 10

No. A vegetarian eats no animal meat, while a vegan is from the star system around Vega.