i thinking about becoming a vegetarian, but i can't stop eating cheese!!!!!!!!?

Question

i just ordered a starter's kit, but it hasen't help with my problem!

Answer 1

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.

Source(s):

veg, myself (l-o-veg, in case you're curious)


I drink organic milk and eat free range eggs....I will never give up my cheeses and dairy products. I just don't eat things that have eyeballs.

Answer 2

Di said it all. But here's my personal input. I was a serious meat eater until I became meat-free 20 years ago. And I dove in head first as an organic vegan. (This was before Fresh Fields/Whole Foods came to town, so it was quite challenging to shop for food at the time and a huge adjustment in taste.) Within a few weeks, I realized I missed cheese too much, so I reintroduced it into my diet. Other dairy soon followed. Twenty years later, I can honestly say I miss the tastes of certain meat dishes, but not the texture of flesh foods. It's much easier to shop and I still love and consume cheese. No regrets. Remember, it's your life, body, and health - choose your own way, and good luck.

Answer 3

vegetarians eat milk product, eggs too
If you really want you can be a vegan but I don't think you're ready to make the sacrifice. I stopped eating meat for a few months it was OK but I never gave up dairy. You are making the rules keep eating cheese if you love it life's too short

Answer 4

If you want the vegetarian title, eat all the cheese you please. Vegans don't eat cheese. If you're really serious about it, take the time to really consider why you believe in vegetarianism. If you feel cheese doesn't fit in with your thoughts on what you should be eating, and you feel strongly about it then you'll find the strength to give it up. Like I said though, vegetarians eat dairy, so no worries if that's as far as you're going with it!

Answer 5

Cheese is vegetarian. If you are trying to go vegan then you will have issues. The only decent fake cheese I have found is Follow Your Heart brand. It melts on nachos and pizza but not so well in a grilled cheese. It is vegan. Most other soy cheese has casein (a dairy product) to make it melt.

Answer 6

I am a vegetarian. Don't worry. You don't have to stop eating cheese!! Vegetarians still eat dairy. I don't eat eggs cuz I dont like em and I dont drink cow's milk. But I eat cheese. Vegans dont eat any animal products at all. No cheese, no nothing.

Answer 7

If you love cheese, then keep eating it. The most common type of vegetarianism is lacto-ovo (dairy and eggs). Google "Vegetarian cheese list" and you will get a list of veg friendly cheeses (those made without animal rennet)

I know that many of the Cabot cheeses are animal rennet free and so is Horizon brand.

Answer 8

hey no stress you can be a vegetarian and still go on eating animal products its called being a lacto vegetarian since u are really bent on becoming a vegetarian u can be a lacto not a strict cos the stricts are those that don't eat "dead meat" or even its products. so cheer up u are not an exception .U are still a vegetarian but with a difference.CHERIO and good luck.

Answer 9

There are vegetarian cheese but I must warn you that it takes getting used to. For starter, why don't you stop eating meat. Then move on to the next item you want to exclude from your diet.

Answer 10

I used to have a friend that called herself a vegetarian, but she ate cheese, drank milk, and ate eggs. I think that there are some out there that still do. I think that is the difference in vegetarian and vegan?? don't know because I'm neither though...