Vegetarian Label Lingo…
The first post under the new Healthy Living section of the blog! I thought that I would start it off with some vegetarian information.
Not all vegetarians are the same- there are many different types of vegetarians.
Here they are!
Lacto-Ovo vegetarians exclude meat, fish, and poultry but include dairy products, eggs, and foods made from these ingredients. Most vegetarians fall into this category.
Lacto vegetarians exclude meat, fish, and poultry, as well as eggs and any foods containing eggs. Lacto vegetarians do, however, eat dairy products such as milk, yogurt, and cheese.
Vegans avoid eating and using all animal products- meat, fish, poultry, eggs, dairy products, and any foods containing any of these ingredients. They also won’t use wool, silk, leather, or any nonfood items made from animal byproducts. Some also avoid honey. Vegan is used to describe not just the diet, but also the lifestyle.
These are the major types of vegetarians, though there are more including semi-vegetarian or flexitarian (cutting back on intake of meat in general), raw foods diet (consists of uncooked foods- fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts), fruitarian (consists of fruits and vegetables that are botanically considered fruits, and seeds and nuts), and macrobiotic (excludes animal products except for seafood, refined sugars, tropical fruits, and “nightshade” vegetables- ex: potatoes, eggplants, and peppers).
