Which type of vegetarian should you become?
Deciding to become a vegetarian involves more than most people realize. It is a lifestyle change. How big of a change becoming vegetarian causes in your life depends on what type of vegetarian you become. And the type of vegetarian you decide to become will depend on your reasons for becoming a vegetarian and your dedication to your beliefs.
There are three main types of vegetarians; Lacto Ovo vegetarian, Lacto vegetarian, and Vegans.
1. Lacto Ovo vegetarians eat plant foods, eggs, and other dairy products.
2. Lacto vegetarians eat only plant foods and dairy products. They do not eat eggs or meat. Eggs are considered potential animals.
3. Vegans do not eat any animal proteins or animal by-products. This is the most difficult of the three forms of vegetarianism to abide by as many of the other meal staples contain animal protein or by products. Bread is a common example. It is made with eggs.
These are not the only types of vegetarian diets. They are just the most frequent. Usually people choose the type of vegetarian diet to follow based on the reason he/she decided to become a vegetarian. Health, moral convictions, and religious reasons are among the most common. Only you will be able to decide which vegetarian lifestyle best suits you.
Vicki,
You are right - going meatless does require lifestyle changes - all for the better. For more than 35 years we having been working - mostly through books to make vegetarian cusine easy and reliable through time and taste tested, nutritionist approved (and developed) recipes and nutrition and cooking guidelines. In 1983, we published a cookbook with 1300 vegetarian recipes, “American Wholefoods Cuisine: 1300 Meatless Recipes from Short Order to Gourmet.” In print for more than thirty years it is considered the “vegetarian Joy of Cooking” by both gourmet and health writers. It is one of the only (perhaps the only) vegetarian cookbooks that use only unrefined ingredients - which are vital to good health. For more info on this and our other vegetarian books please visit us at HealthyHighways.com Thanks
Comment by David Goldbeck — March 31, 2008 @ 2:12 pm