What’s the Difference between Vegetarian and Vegan?
As common as this question is, there are far more varieties of non-meat diets than simply vegetarian and vegan. For starters, strictly speaking, vegetarians don’t eat the meat of any animal, including chicken and fish. Of course, if you want to continue eating poultry and fish, that’s your choice (and your diet may be healthier for it), but be warned that in serious vegetarian circles, you probably won’t get away with calling yourself a vegetarian. Among vegetarian diets, there are three main distinctions: Lacto-vegetarians eat dairy products, but no eggs, ovo-vegetarians eat eggs, but no dairy products, and lacto-ovo-vegetarians eat eggs and dairy products. So what about vegans? Vegan philosophy states that people should not eat or use anything that is the product of an animal. That means no meat, dairy products, eggs, honey (bees are animals too, you know), leather products and some types of glue, to name a few. Among the thousands of people who call themselves vegetarian or vegan, t
