Description: Vegetarian diet provides nutrition and healthy eating habits. Learn how to cook great tasting vegetarian dishes and how they benefit your overall health.
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The lifestyle of a vegetarian is not always an easy one to choose. Vegetarians must give up eating any types of meat, fish or shellfish. Some vegetarians also eliminate eggs from their diets. There are others who also eliminate eating any dairy products; these are lacto-vegetarians. Ovo-vegetarians do eat eggs, but do not eat any animal by-products such as gelatin.
Even though vegetarians do not eat meat or fish, most of them will still wear and use products from animals such as leather or wool.
There is a lot of misunderstanding when it comes to being a vegan or a vegetarian. A vegan changes his entire lifestyle by eliminating any animal products. This would include food, clothing and all animal by-products. Vegans avoid eating meats, fish, shellfish, milk, honey, eggs, or any other product derived from animals or fish. Vegans are totally against animal testing and will never wear clothing or use products made of fur, leather or wool. They will never use make-up or shampoos that have been tested o