What's the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian?!
What's the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian?
Are there like, different levels of not eating meat?
(This is a serious question, I'm just a bit daft on the subject, I'm not being rude.)
Answers:
VEGETARIANS:
*Eat NO dead animals, whether they walk, swim or fly
*There is no such thing as a vegetarian who eats fish or birds
*Vegetarians do not eat foods that are *code words* for dead animal, such as "geletin"
*they can eat dairy and eggs but some choose not to
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VEGANS
*Same as vegetarians
*They also do not eat products that come from animals, including eggs, dairy or honey
*They do not eat code words for products that come from animals such as casien (and many others)
*Vegans do not wear products from animals either. This includes: leather, wool, suade, down, silk etc.
*They (whenever possible) purchase products that were not tested on animals or contain animal parts (soaps, health&beauty, toiletries etc.)
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Now for some similarities:
BOTH are lifestyles and not just diets (except for the small group of vegetarians who only stop eating meat because they are on a *diet*
BOTH lifestyles are different levels of the same cause. BOTH contain people who are trying to wrap their minds around a new concept (of what the meat-industry actually is) and figuring out what they can do to not be a part of it.
Yes, the very base level of vegetarianism is simply the absensce of animal flesh. That is a wonderful step. If that person does not ever go further, then kudos to them. But they often stay at this point for a couple of years
A.) Because the evils of eating dead animals is all they are aware of, and
B.) Because giving up eating meat is hard, and a person has to work on that for quite some time.
If everyone who learned about animal cruelty learned about every aspect at one time, it would seem too big and too unstopable.
If every person who went veg, went straight to vegan, he would go back to eating animals because he wouldn't be able to cope with all the missing food, and wouldn't have the knowledge or experience to fill the gaps to make it a comfortable transition.
There are many layers of vegetarianism because as people feel comfortable, confident and knowledgable, they drop something else from their lifestyle. If a vegetarian does not want to be a part of animal cruelty, then veganism would be an ultimate goal, but it takes many people well over a decade to get there.
Vegan eat no meat or dairy proucts. Vegetarians will eat dairy, milk, cheese, eggs....
vegans dont eat ANYTHING that comes from an animal ( cheese, milk, meat, etc.)
vegitarians just dont eat meat
one doesnt eat or use anything that comes from an animal
Not just meat, Vegans eat no animal produced food. Vegitarians sometimes eat dairy products.
yes there are different levels, one doesn't eat meat - vegetarian.... others go as far as no meat as well as nothing with any animal products or bi-products....vegan
I believe that a vegetarian can get things that are made from animals such as milk or cheese. I believe they are mainly against the killing of animals for food. Vegans on the other hand will not eat anything that is associated with animals.
A vegetarian won't eat anything that has had a face on it. A vegan won't consume anything that has has had a face on it or was produced by something with a face on it. No eggs, milk, leather boots, etc..
A vegetarian does not eat meat, but will eat dairy products. A vegan does not eat meat, nor will he or she eat dairy products. You are not being rude, you're being smart to ask!
A vegan won't eat dairy products or eggs. A vegetarian won't eat anything with a face.
Im sure a lot of other people have already answerd this question, so im going to add this. I dated a vegan once and I must say they smell so much better than someone who eats meat ( and they taste better too if you know what I mean). I have also been with vegitarians and its just not the same as a vegan. Meat makes you stink!!!!
Vegetarian - does not eat meat but does eat animal products such as eggs.
Vegan eats NOTHING to do with animals, no meat, no eggs, no milk or anything made with milk like cakes, no fish, no shell fish,
There ought to be a word for people, like me, who are too weak to avoid meat but try to do a little by not using leather products (shoes. watch bands, etc) and try to eat only the less intelligent animals (I eat chickens but not cows, also do not eat cows because they create green-house gases- bad for world.)
Vegans have not yet had sexual relations
Actually, there are several levels of meat eating. You have vegan which doesn't have any meat. The really strict ones won't eat honey (the bees working) or gelatin (because bones are used in the processing most of the time.)
There are ovo-vegetarians which eat eggs.
Lacto-vegetarians which eat dairy.
Lacto-ovo-vegetarians which eat dairy and eggs.
There may even be more.
Vegetarian is a very broad term. Some people even claim to be vegetarian because they don't eat beef. Like chicken and fish aren't meat. Meat is the muscle of an animal. But what ever blows your hair back is good. I had more energy while vegetarian (vegan) than ever in my life.
There are levels- vegan is the highest and most extreme level.
My step father is a vegetarian. He'll eat fish and some times chicken. But he refuses to eat shell fish, mushrooms, pork, lamb, beef or turkey. Vegans, wont eat any of the above. And except in some cities, very few resturants are vegetarian or vegan.
There are many different types of vegetarians and vegans the initial difference is that vegetarians eat dairy products e.g. eggs, milk, cheese or fish and vegans don't.However you can get demi-vegetarians that eat only white meat like chicken and fish and lactose vegetarians that won't eat any animal product so they have variations like tofu which is a fungus that they eat or soya milk or rice milk.
Hope this helps your understanding but it is such a vast subject though! :)
To add on to what the above answerers have said about a vegan excluding animal and animal-derived products in their diet, a Vegan avoid using any animal products or animal-derived products in his/her lifestyle.
A vegetarian may eat eggs or dairy depending what type of vegetarian they are.
vegatarians don't eat meat or fish
vegans are are also vegatarians but don't eat dairy products, honey or eggs in addition.
Vegan: Diet and moral reasons. Will not use or consume any products derived from animals. Won't drink milk because they feel the cow is harmed in the process. Won't wear wool because they feel the sheep is harmed in the process. etc etc
Vegitarian: Diet related. For health or moral reasons.
*If for health reasons, may still eat fish or other lean meats. May wear leather.
*If for moral reasons, will not kill an animal for food. Will consume milk and eggs since no animal is killed. Wouldn't wear leather.
veggies dont eat any meat.
vegans dont eat meat,dairy,or use animal by products.
Vegetarians do not eat meat.
Vegans avoid eating or using all animal products; meat, dairy, eggs, leather products, lotions including animal products, etc. While it's not possible to be 100 percent vegan, we try our best to avoid what we can.
a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy products at all
Vegans eat no meat or any product that comes from an animal. Vegetarians just don't eat the meat.