What is a Vegetarian?

Did you know that becoming a vegetarian you can save more than 100 animals from cruelty every year? This is why increasing more and more teens are choosing to eat a vegetarian diet every day. Of course there are other benefits in going vegetarian such as being healthier overall (reduced risk of heart disease!), helping the environment (eating 1 pound of meat emits the same amount of greenhouse gases as driving a SUV 40 miles!), and weight loss (vegetarians are 9 times less likely to be obese!).

There are many different types of vegetarians, these include:

Lacto-ovo-vegetarian: The most common type of vegetarian, someone that eats dairy products and eggs but no meat, fish, or poultry.

Lacto-vegetarian: Someone that eats dairy products, but no eggs, meat, fish, or poultry.

Ovo-vegetarian: Someone that eats eggs, but no dairy products, meat, fish, or poultry.

Pesca-vegetarian: A person that eats dairy, eggs, and fish but no meat or poultry.

Vegan: The strictest type of vegetarian, someone that doesn't eat ANYTHING from an animal, so no dairy, eggs, meat, fish, or poultry.


Sources:
http://www.goveg.com
http://www.vegetariantimes.com/features/archive_of_editorial/667

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(Posted by Uluwehi)