i am thinking about cutting beef, pork, and chicken out of my diet but?

Question

i love stuff like icecream, cakes and cheesecake, which has eggs and milk, so if i eat these things could i call myself a vegetarian

Answer 1

Vegetarians do not eat animals or things that come from an animal's death. If you are not eating cow, chicken, pig, fish, or any other animal, then you are a vegetarian.
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Just check your cheese to see if it has rennet (baby cow stomach), and check your yogurt and ice cream to make sure it does not contain gelatin (dead animal parts.)
http://www.vegsoc.org/newveg/fft/basics.html

Answer 2

Well there are different kinds of vegetarians:

Lacto-ovo vegetarianism means you can have eggs and dairy.

Lacto vegetarianism can have dairy but no eggs

Ovo vegetarianism is no dairy but eggs are okay.

Veganism means using no animal products.

You didn't say fish, but most people consider fish to be considered meat. However, different vegetarians have different definitions.

Right now I'm a Lacto-ovo vegetarian but I will become vegan someday. If you become vegetarian, do it for the right reasons. You should have a reason, whether it be ethical, environmental, or personal, or even health reasons (like red meat and heart disease for example). Just don't say you are vegetarian because you think it's cool or trendy or even way to lose weight or something like that. I do have to say though it will take patience and dedication. You need to read labels and ingredients and eating out is sometimes not easy at first. Unsuspecting things aren't vegetarian like some jello or jellies, some alcohol is made with gelatin, refried beans, or some sour cream, for example. They make meat substitutes along with vegetarian cheese and there is soy milk and things of the sort. There is a variety of choices if you want to be vegetarian.
Good luck!

Answer 3

there is strict and lacto vegetarian....lacto vegetarian do take milk. You can eat anything in moderation but if you just want to omit those things so you can consider yourself a vegetarian make sure you know what to add on your diet to cover the proteins left out by omitting those products. you can cut down those staffs and still you don't have to call yourself a vegetarian. remember being a vegetarian is not a trendy. People do that for the cause, belief or medical reasons. I have seen some friends who decided to do that for the sake of company they hardly last for six months.

Answer 4

Well, you can find soy (and rice) ice creams, vegan cake recipes, and even vegan cheesecake recipes.

But, yes, if you cut out all animal flesh (and this includes all sea creatures), gelatin, and cheese that has rennet, you could call yourself a vegetarian. Cheesecake, I believe, is made with cream cheese, which I don't believe has rennet in it anyway.

Answer 5

Yes, if you retain eggs and dairy products in your diet, you are a lacto-ovo vegetarian. To truly consider yourself vegetarian, though, you need to be aware of and avoid slaughter byproducts like rennet and gelatin. There are rennetless cheeses as well as cheeses made with vegetable rennet, but if they are not labeled as such, you should assume that they are made with the lining of a calf's stomach. Most yogurts and sour cream (especially light sour cream) have gelatin, as do many kinds of candy.

Answer 6

yes, a vegetarian is someone who only doesnt eat things that kills the animal to obtain. technically, cheese isnt vegetarian since it needs an enzyme that only comes from baby cow's stomachs. but there is plenty of non dairy ice cream and non dairy cheese and non dairy milk and even eggs sometimes

Answer 7

There is a difference between being a vegetarian, who does consume dairy. And a vegan, who generally has nothing to do with dairy in their diets whatsoever.

I must let you know. From my own personal experience, cutting out meat from your diet can be very risky and can cause significant health risks. I would consult a dr. or nutrtionist, or even a pharmacist, who may be able to tell you the proper way to cut it out, and still enjoy the desserts!!!

Answer 8

YES many do.
For your health consider eating those things as a once in awhile treat not a everyday or weekly deal.

Answer 9

yes you would still be a vegetarian, a vegan cuts out all the other animal products. we were made to eat meat, its your choice but its unhealthy to be vegetarian. Ide just cut out pork and shellfish they have retroviruses that aren't good for you. Ide at least keep fish and chicken. But do what you need to do.

Answer 10

why do you need to call yourself something, do you have a deep seated need to be part of something, the latest fad, the cult that is vegetarianism? Come on live YOUR life and eat what YOU want to eat don't be led around by the peta asses telling you what you are and are not allowed to eat.