What is the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian?!
What is the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian?
Please be specific. Thanks.
Answers:
Vegetarians do not eat animals, of any kind.
If a person has dropped all animals but fish from their diet, then they have made a great step, but they are not vegetarian
because vegetarians do not eat animals.
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That being said:
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VEGETARIANS:
*Eat NO dead animals, whether they walk, swim or fly
*Vegetarians do not eat foods that are *code words* for
dead animal, such as "gelatin"
*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 casein (and many others)
*Vegans do not wear products from animals either. This
includes: leather, wool, suede, 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.
The very base level of vegetarianism is simply the absence 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.
There are many layers of vegetarianism because as people
feel comfortable, confident and knowledgeable, 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.
Vegetarians don't eat any meat. Vegans don't eat any meat or animal by-products, like honey, milk, eggs, etc.
Vegans are individuals who choose not to consume any products that have come from animals. This means no meat, no eggs, no milk...absolutely nothing with animal bi-products either.
Vegetarians on the other hand can vary on how strict they are with their lifestyle. Generally vegetarians eat no meat products or any foods with animal by-products. Some vegetarians allow eggs in their diet, and some allow fish.
There are even those who eat poultry, like me. But technically I would be referred to as a non-red-meat eater
Vegetarians do not eat any animal flesh products or by products including fish, geletain, and regular "meats". They will eat milk and other dairy, eggs, and certain things like refined white sugar. (vegetarians do NOT eat fish, that is a pescatarian)
The dictionairy deffenition of vegetarian is "herbivore" vegetarians generally follow this, but vegans fall in line more closely to this deffenition.
Vegans avoid eating anything that comes from an animal in any form including eggs, milk and other dairy products, refined white sugar, and honey.
Both usually try to avoid wearing leather, feathers, and other animal products.
Vegetarians don't eat animals
Vegans don't eat animals or animal by-products or use or wear anything from animals or animal by-products.
i THOGUHT THEY WERE THE SAME..L0L GOOD iM NOT NEiTHER ONE
If you want to be completely accurate, a vegetarian eats no animal products, only plant-based food. A vegan takes it a step further and does not buy or wear wool, leather, silk, and does not buy products, such as personal care items, that contain animal products and/or are tested on animals. A vegetarian eats whole grains, legumes, nuts, seeds, fruit, and vegetables.
An omnivore eats plant and animal based food (or what they refer to as "food"), so what is commonly referred to as a vegetarian in today's society, as a lacto-ovo vegetarian, one who eats no flesh, gelatin, lard, or rennet, but eats eggs and cow milk, is actually an omnivore.
The only true vegetarian is one who eats no animal products. However, you could accurately call yourself a vegetarian and wear/buy wool.
A vegan lives a life that is as harmless as possible towards other living beings and the planet.
i am a vegetarian. NOT a vegan :P
That's been asked many times on this site! Vegans don't eat any animal products and don't eat animals... Vegans don't eat cheese, eggs, milk, or anything that contains meat.
In short no dairy products, no jello, no eggs, no meat.
Vegetarians.. just don't eat meat but do eat eggs, drink milk,
some eat cheese too!
vegetarians don't eat animals and vegans are like vegetarians except they don't eat animal products[eggs,millk]