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Vegettarianism As A Vegetarian Lifestyle

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Vegetarian Lifestyle Although vegetarianism is seen as a dense diet it has a lot of benefits to it. The word vegetarian means a person who does not eat meat and sometimes other animal products because of moral, religious belief, or health reasons. Depending on what a vegetarian eats depends on the type they are. People who do not know the diet think that all vegetarians do it to save animals. Even though some vegetarians do not eat meat for that reason most do it for health reasons. There are a lot of several types of vegetarians. According to vegsoc.org the article “what are the types of vegetarians” these are the types: Lacto-vegetarians, Ovo-vegetarians, Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians, and vegans. Lacto-vegetarians have dairy products, but avoid eggs and meat. Ovo-vegetarians have eggs but avoid dairy and meat. Lacto-Ovo-vegetarians eat dairy and eggs but avoid meat. Vegans are in another category because they do not eat any meat or animal products. Although the types of vegetarian diets are so different; they also have a lot of things in common. There are a lot of similarities with several types of vegetarians, some are major some are minor. One of the similarities is the food they eat; the diets do vary based on the type of vegetarians, but they do eat a lot of the same things. Peanuts, almond, peanut butter, tofu, and granola are a few things that are allowed in the vegetarian and vegan diet. They also like to eat fruit such as strawberries, bananas, pineapple,

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