Different Kinds Of Vegetarian Diets

Vegetarianism is a custom practiced in six out of the seven continents and has become more popular over the years. Vegetarianism can be defined as the exclusion of animal products such as meat and fish from one’s diet. Dairy products and eggs are often times excluded as well. Although there are many reasons one may decide to become a Vegetarian or follow such a code of ethics, the most common include: moral, religious or health reasons.

There are vegetarians all over the world. They just want what most people want: good food and a choice. And some people become vegetarians because of their religion, their culture, and the place they live.

Some people choose a vegetarian diet for ethical and environmental reasons and some choose to be vegetarian because of food safety issues.

Vegetarianism has been around since as early as the seventh century B.C.E.. The civilization was the Indus Valley Civilization, they practiced tolerance towards all living things. Several Indian cultures and various religions (such as a ahimsā) also practice non-violence towards animals (“Vegetarianism”, Wikipedia.com). This used to be the sole purpose for being vegetarian, but nowadays people are becoming vegetarian for several more reasons. The ethical aspect is still a big reason in the decision. Health benefits and environmental aspects have now also become big reasons for the controversy over vegetarianism. People say that killing animals for food is not morally wrong and, is in fact, a crucial part of our lives. Another aspect is that, while in some ways vegetarianism is beneficial to the environment, it can also hurts the environment. Also, despite all of the health benefits involved with vegetarianism, there are also several health concerns connected with it.

One of the biggest arguments for most people that are vegetarian is that eating meat is not necessary for human survival or for their health. Some vegetarians find that slaughtering animals solely for the purpose of humans to eat meat is wrong and not justifiable. Most vegetarians do not eat meat due to the practises involved in the production and slaughtering of animals citing concerns about

Going vegetarian can help preserve the limited land and water system that us humans take for granted sometimes. Factory farming along with free range farming are destroying the earth and its biodiversity. When people think of pollution like unnecessary CO2 emissions and deforestation of rainforests, they do not think about the animals being raised for consumption. In an article, “Concentrated animal Agriculture Is The Biggest

A vegan diet excludes all animal products, including eggs, dairy, beeswax and honey. Some vegans also avoid animal products such as leather (and possibly silk) for clothing and goose-fat for shoe polish.1

Being a Vegans mean not eating meat, fish, or poultry plus not using other animal products and by-products such as eggs, dairy products, honey, leather, fur, silk, wool, cosmetics, and soaps derived from animal products.

Vegetarianism has been around for thousands of years. It was fist recorded in Indian and Greek Cultures. Both cultures practiced vegetarianism because they believed in nonviolence towards animals. Still today, many vegetarians practice for the same reason. With the industrial revolution though, came the ability to manufacture and ship products, and animals worldwide. The growing concern for our environment has caused a great many people to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle or at the very least a more ethical consumption of meat. Factory farming is responsible for about 18% of the green house gas emissions these days. The living conditions for the animals are brutal all the way to their death. They live in tight, unsanitary conditions. The poor living conditions topped with low moral for the animals’ causes a great deal of antibiotics to be administered just to keep the animals alive enough to get to the slaughter house. These are just a few of the environmental and ethical reasons people choose to become vegetarians. I myself adopted a vegetarian lifestyle for three years after learning about the horrors that take place on factory farms and at slaughter houses. It’s hard to support an industry that does so little to ensure the safety and well-being of their animals. At the same time though, rain forests and other lands are being devastated due to the production of soy. The health risks of a poor diet lacking proper protein intake will eventually catch up to an individual as well.

A vegetarian lifestyle is known to provide the body with many health benefits. According to “Becoming a Vegetarian,” “Compared with meat eaters, vegetarians tend to consume less saturated fat and cholesterol and more vitamins C and E, dietary fiber, folic acid, potassium, magnesium, and phytochemicals (plant chemicals), such as carotenoids

     One cannot omit the fact that there are some global economical problems caused by mass meat consumption, such as starvation. Cattle are fed soybeans, corn, and other grains that could be eaten directly by people. You can feed a cow 16 pounds of food, and only one pound becomes meat that people can eat. The other 15 pounds are waste. It has been proved that decreasing global meat production by 10% would allow us to feed additional 60 million people. I am convinced that it is a strong argument why all people should become vegetarians.

The term “vegetarian” is quite often misunderstood. Vegetarian simply means a plant-based diet. There are several kinds of vegetarian diets, defined by what types of foods are consumed. I for example am a Lacto-vegetarians which includes dairy products in their diet. Lacto-ovo- vegetarians also eat dairy products, eggs and some including me don’t eat fish either.

Vegetarians do not eat meat, and some people go as far as to not consume anything that comes from an animal. There are various reasons that a person may choose to become a vegetarian. Some people choose to omit meats from their diet due to religious reasons, for their health, or some people just do not agree with killing animals to be used for food. Whatever the reason may be for a person to adjust their diet, it is debated whether or not it is healthy for people to limit their diets to being vegetarians. Many people wonder if omitting all meat products from diets has more of a positive effect or more of a negative effect on their health. There are many different aspects of this debate some of them being amount of nutrients needed in our diets, disease preventions, and effects of hormones.

Different people follow different forms of vegetarianism. A true vegetarian eats no meat at all, including chicken and fish. A lacto-ovo vegetarian eats dairy products and eggs, but excludes meat, fish, and poultry. It follows, then, that a lacto vegetarian eats dairy products but not eggs, whereas an ovo vegetarian eats eggs but not dairy products (KidsHealth). This is the most of

​The vegetarian diet provides several of benefits for us. First, vegetarianism is cheap. Animal protein is expensive on any budget and majority us eat meat. Some people follow the vegetarian diet because they cannot afford meat or fish. For example, vegetables like: