Kinds of vegetarians?

Question

What kinds of vegetarians are there?

Answer 1

This question has a lot of misinformation spread about it... mostly from non-vegetarian sources. Vegetarianism seems to be an enigma to many meat eaters, so they begin saying thing like "vegetarians can eat animals."
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This is why it is best to stick to vegetarian sources, organizations and societies.

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A vegetarian is one who does not consume animals or slaughterhouse byproducts. A byproduct is something an animal had to die for, like gelatin (skin, bones and tendons.)

1.) Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian: One who does not consume animals or slaughterhouse byproducts, but will eat eggs and dairy

2.) Ovo-Vegetarian: eggs, but no dairy

3.) Lacto-Vegetarian: dairy, but no eggs

4.) Vegan- One who does not consume animals or animal byproducts. This person also does not consume any product that comes from or is created by animals such as dairy, cheese, honey or eggs or the byproducts of them. This person also does not wear or use products made from or tested on animals.
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Those are the only types of vegetarians. People who do not understand what vegetarianism is try to include chicken or fish, but chicken and fish are animals, and vegetarians do not eat animals of any kind.

One who eats some animals, and one who eats no animals are mutually exclusive.
People who eat chicken and fish only are making great progress, but they are not vegetarians; they are "meat-reducers.
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http://www.vegsoc.org/newveg/fft/basics.html
http://www.goveg.com/vegetarian101.asp
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faq.htm#types

Answer 2

There are 3 ways to figure this one. The first is the usual which is vegan (true vegetarians), ovo, lacto, pesci, etc.
The second is by motivation, which is why did they become
vegetarians. One is health reasons - they believe vegetarian diets are healthier. Others became vegetarians because of animal cruelty issues. And then there is the religious category and then the personal category which is "I became a vegetarian because the girl or guy I like is a vegetarian" or some other funny reason. The 3rd way to figure out what kinds is just to say there are 3 kinds - true vegetarians that eat only fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, semi-vegetarians that eat some fish, egg, dairy, or meat now and then, and then there are the fake vegetarians - the ones that claim to be vegetarians and continue to eat junk food.

Answer 3

No vegetarian eats fish, so ignore that post above... a pescetarian is not any type of vegetarian...period.

No vegetarian eats anything from a dead animal..however, some will eat eggs and dairy.

Answer 4

There are 5 kinds of vegetarians: I cannot remember the full names on them eg: lacto etc> check in a vegetarian book and you will probably find the answers. Another source could be the American heart association. Good luck and it is just amazing how the vegetarians are broken into these five groups:
eg: no dairy
no meats except fish
no cheese
See where I am going with this

Answer 5

Vegetarian: somebody who eats plant products. does not consume animals, and would or won't consume dairy or eggs. The notice replaced into invented in approximately 1847 via the Vegetarian Society, whether diets of this variety had already existed for hundreds of years; maximum particularly in Indian faith and between the Greek "Pythagoreans." Lacto-vegetarian: somebody who eats plant based food and dairy yet no eggs. this is the widely widespread definition of "vegetarian" in India; in line with Hindu, Jain and Buddhist non secular teachings. Jains traditionally sidestep root vegetables to boot. The Hare Krishna circulate pronounced avoidance of mushrooms, garlic and onions. those diets don't have a particular call that i comprehend of; they may be considered alterations of lacto-vegetarianism. Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: somebody who eats plant based food, dairy and eggs. the main ordinary variety of vegetarian contained in the u . s . a .. Ovo-vegetarian: somebody who eats plant based food, and eggs yet no dairy. This strikes me as unusual, I even have purely heard of one individual who eats this form. Vegan: individual who eats plant based food purely, averting dairy, eggs, and doubtless honey. could additionally sidestep utilising animal based products for non-food makes use of inclusive of no leather-based outfits, and so on. There are a number of hybrid words in well-known utilization inclusive of pesco-vegetarian, pollo-vegetarian etc. i will't settle for those as "forms of vegetarianism" simply by fact a million. The ingesting of animals contradicts the unique meaning of the notice "vegetarian." 2. actual vegetarians who do no longer consume animals do no longer settle for people who do consume animals as "vegetarian" simply by fact they for sure do no longer persist with the comparable ideals. 3. i will order the vegetarian meal on an airline flight or at a organization convention and not have the inconvenience of being served fish, fowl, or regardless of. i'd desire to maintain it that way.

Answer 6

there are many types of vegetarians. to name a few:

1) just talking about vegetarians, you can use the prefix "ovo" meaning that that vegetarian eats eggs "lacto" meaning consumes milk, "pollo" meaning consumes chicken and "pesco" meaning eats fish. you can use a combanation of any of the previous prefixes. eg: ovo-lacto vegetarian is a vegetarian that eats eggs and milk

2)vegan: person who doesnt eat any type of meat or product that comes from an animal including milk, eggs and honey

3)fruitarian: doesnt eat absolutely anything besides nuts and fruit that has fallen off the tree because they beleive that fruit have feelings to

4) raw veganism: in addition to being a vegan, they dont eat anything cooked

Answer 7

Some of us are against factoy farming which forces animals to live in torture until they are killed, but have no ethical problem with natural meat that was killed in the wild, like: moose, deer, waterfowl, grouse, rabbit, and fish. Some people only buy from small scale organic farmers whose animals live good lives before they are slaughtered. That's the way it was meant to be. Factory farming is disgusting in so many ways..

Answer 8

lacto-ovo- no animal flesh (or byproducts) but eggs and dairy
lacto- no animal flesh, but dairy
ovo- no animal flesh but eggs
vegan- no animal products whatsoever (lifestyle opposed to diet above)
fruitarian- eats only fruit, some eat only fallen fruit
breathatarian- only breathes, (and shortly dies I suspect.)

There are also raw foodists that are vegan or fruitarian and possibly ovo-lacto as well.

Fruitarians and breathatarians are specialized forms of vegans.

Answer 9

Wikipedia is a good source.
Theres Lacto, Ovo, Lacto-ovo, Pesco, those are the ones I can remember.

Answer 10

Vegan- Doesn't eat meat, fish or milk or eggs
Pescatarian- Doesn't eat meat but eats fish milk and eggs
Vegetarian- Doesn't eat meat, but drinks milk and eats eggs