Healthy change of life

[hotandgay]

So im planning on becoming a vegetarian to get back to being healthy. I just have a few questions last time i was a vegetarian a lot of people said i was doing it wrong because i ate bird and fish. What i am asking is do vegetarians eat poultry or do they just eat dairy products unlike vegans?

[Coolcar65]

Hmm i thought vegeterians could only eat fish. I thought chicken was concidered like meat. As to being a wrong vegeterian well theirs no such thing, for you to be healthy you can eat meat and pizza. They just have to be regulated and you have to learn to make better eating choices. Maybe instead of a burger you can get a salad once in a while. My point is you dont have to be vegeterian to be healthy.

[Magus]

What i am asking is do vegetarians eat poultry or do they just eat dairy products unlike vegans?
Is that a thought provoking subject to put on ROTW? :confused:

Anyway, I think you should not eat meat at all. Vegetarians do eat eggs, honey and dairy product, but not meat no matter what's the source is.

[hotandgay]

i want to be a vegetarian because....and Electric Nomad i will follow your advice thanks

[Korashk]

Go ahead and eat meat...but if you do you're not a vegetarian.

[hotandgay]

hint hint thats why im not going to eat meat

[Peace God]

Vegetarian means having a diet that does not consist of animals.

[Continuum]

Vegetarian means having a diet that does not consist of animals.

There are few exceptions. It all depends on the person choosing which path to go, either which they can include fish in their diet, animal byproducts, or completely abstain at all.

[Peace God]

There are few exceptions. It all depends on the person choosing which path to go, either which they can include fish in their diet, animal byproducts, or completely abstain at all.
Having fish every once in a while, sure, even i eat seafood occasionally. But if fish(or any other animal) is a regular part of someones diet, then you cant really say they're vegetarian.

[Aves]

ROTW :arrow: Cooking & Food

[hotandgay]

Vegetarian means having a diet that does not consist of animals.

that would be a vegan

[Peace God]

that would be a vegan
No vegan is someone who doesnt eat animals and animal byproducts(eggs, milk honey etc).

[hotandgay]

So, here are the commonly defined "types" of vegetarians:


Vegans
Vegans eat only foods of plant origin, no foods of animal origin; that means, no eggs, dairy products, or honey. Soyfoods, legumes, nuts and seitan form the protein building blocks, and are rounded out by grains, fruits, and vegetables.

Lacto-Vegetarians
Ovo-Vegetarians
Lacto-Ovo Vegetarians
Lacto-ovo vegetarians eat as above with the addition of dairy products (lacto) and/or eggs (ovo). This, in common parlance, is the style of eating most often meant in America when people refer to "vegetarian." Lacto-ovo food choices, in other words, do contain some foods of animal origin, but no foods composed of the animal's actual flesh, or products thereof (for instance, if rice was cooked in chicken stock, it would not be acceptable to your typical lacto-ovo vegetarian).

Pesce-Vegetarians (sometimes called Pescetarians)

In addition to the foods above, pesce-vegetarians eat fish. (Most vegans and lacto-ovo vegetarians do not, by the way, consider those who eat fish "real" vegetarians --- you see why definitions can create divisions between people?)

"Vegetarian Sympathizers"
Folks who do eat meat, fish, and chicken --- but perhaps much less than they once did, and perhaps more carefully (they may choose organically raised meats). They lean somewhat towards a low- or no-meat way in their thinking. Frequently Sympathizers and Pesces are on the continuum towards a lacto-ovo or vegan way of eating.


http://www.passionatevegetarian.com/vegetarian_types.htm



Ok i now understand....