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| A vegetarian is generally defined as someone who | | | | substance derived from animal bones that whitens |
| doesn’t eat meat. But someone who is | | | | the sugar. |
| vegetarian could conceivably eat dairy products such | | | | There are other categories within the vegetarian |
| as milk, eggs and cheese. A lacto ovo vegetarian | | | | community. Fruitarians, for example, eat only fruit. |
| doesn’t eat meat, fish or poultry, but does | | | | Their rationale is that fruits, including fruits such as |
| consume eggs, milk or cheese. A lacto vegetarian | | | | tomatoes, are self-perpetuating and don’t |
| consumes milk and cheese products, but | | | | need to be planted to create the food source. They |
| doesn’t consume eggs. | | | | consider it a way of eating that’s most in |
| Many people think of vegetarians as one | | | | balance and harmony with the earth, the most |
| homogeneous group that just doesn’t eat | | | | natural. |
| meat. But nothing could be further from the truth. | | | | All of the above will eat cooked vegetables, fruits |
| There are different categories of vegetarians as | | | | and legumes. There is also a growing movement |
| diverse as the reasons for going vegetarian in the | | | | towards eating only raw or living foods. This based |
| first place. | | | | on the assumption that cooking food processes most |
| A vegan is someone who doesn’t consume | | | | of the nutrients out of it, and to get all the nutritional |
| any animal product or by-product, including dairy food. | | | | value, vitamins and amino acids from food, it’s |
| They eat only vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains and | | | | best consumed raw, or juiced. If cooked at all, it |
| legumes. They also don’t use animal products, | | | | should only be cooked to slightly over 100 degrees, |
| such as leather. Vegans also don’t use white | | | | so the nutrients are still retained. |