Digest Number 775

[Guest guest]

Ditto Pat: " Fish oil would still make you a vegetarian, it just

wouldn't make you a vegan. " is NOT a true statement. By some big

stretch, people who consume fish and fish products might be labeled

pesca vegetarians, but they are not true vegetarians. The generally

accepted definitions are:

 

A 100% vegetarian does not consume anything from an animal

source, not eggs, not dairy, not honey.

 

A vegan is a 100% vegetarian who also does not wear or otherwise

use anything from an animal source and therefore would eschew leather,

wool, etc.

 

A vegetarian does not eat animal flesh (muscles really), but

will consume egg and dairy products. A real vegetarian would not

consume gelatin or honey.

 

You CAN get DHA supplements in vegetarian capsules. I use a DHA

supplement that I order through Vegan Essentials online. I have done

this for over a year on the advise of both Dr. Michael Greger

(veganmd.com) and Dr. Tom Barnard in Ontario, Canada. My arthritis

symptoms have improved and my skin tone is better, and my mood has even

elevated since starting on this supplement.

 

from Maida

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[Guest guest]

On Sep 11, 2005, at 10:39 AM, Maidawg wrote:

>

> The generally

> accepted definitions are:

>

> A 100% vegetarian does not consume anything from an animal

> source, not eggs, not dairy, not honey.

>

> A vegan is a 100% vegetarian who also does not wear or otherwise

> use anything from an animal source and therefore would eschew leather,

> wool, etc.

>

> A vegetarian does not eat animal flesh (muscles really), but

> will consume egg and dairy products. A real vegetarian would not

> consume gelatin or honey.

 

" Generally accepted " by whom? Not any of the vegetarians I know (or at

least not the ones I know in person.)

 

I was always under the impression that a vegetarian didn't eat anything

that clearly involved the killing of an animal, which means other than

meat they/we don't eat gelatin and (if they're vegetarians for moral

reasons) avoid leather.

 

Vegans take the extra step of not eating anything that involves an

animal at all, which means they aren't consuming dairy, eggs, or honey.

Again, if they're doing it for moral reasons (which I imagine almost

all vegans are) they also avoid things like wool and silk.

 

Stolen from http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faq.htm#types :

 

What are the different types of vegetarians?

 

1) Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian: does not eat meat, fish or fowl. Eats dairy

and egg products.

2) Ovo Vegetarian: does not eat meat, fish, fowl or dairy products.

Eats egg products.

3) Lacto Vegetarian: does not eat meat, fish, fowl or eggs. Eats dairy

products.

4) Vegan: does not eat any animal products including meat, fish, fowl,

eggs, dairy, honey, etc. Most vegans do not use any animal products

such as silk, leather, wool, etc. as well.

 

Haras the Wonder Frog

Princess of the Sandwiches

 

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