Vegetarianism and Veganism

Types of Vegetarians

  • Pollo-Vegetarians
    Eats poultry, such as chicken, turkey, and duck but avoid red meat and pork.
  • Semi-Vegetarians/Flexitarians
    Limits their intake of either certain types of meat or the amount of meat. For example, they might eat no red or white meat (beef, pork, venison, etc), but eat fowl and fish. Or they might only eat meat once or twice a week.
  • Pescatarian
    Refrains from eating all types of meat with the exception of fish. Usually this type of diet results owing to the demand for nutritional requirements fulfilled by fish.
  • Lacto-ovo-vegetarian
    Eats both dairy products and eggs. This is the most common type of vegetarian diet.
  • Lacto-vegetarian
    Eats dairy products, but not eggs.
  • Ovo Vegetarians
    Eats eggs, but not dairy products or meat.
  • Vegan
    Does not eat dairy products, eggs, or any other animal product. Strict vegetarians who do not eat meat of any kind, eggs, dairy products, or even do not consume processed foods containing any animal-derived ingredients such as gelatin are termed as vegans. There also includes a subset of vegans who call themselves as ‘raw vegans’ who only consume unprocessed vegan foods. avoid all animal products. They don't eat eggs, dairy products, or even honey. Many vegans also avoid anything made from animal products, such as leather, fur, and wool.
  • Raw Vegans
    Only consumes unprocessed vegan foods, because enzymes are destroyed by normal cooking processes.
  • Fruitarians
    Eats only fruit, fruit-like vegetables (e.g., tomatoes, cucumbers), and sometimes seeds and nuts.

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