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Vegan vs.
Vegetarian,
what's the
difference?
By: Jennifer Abrefa
What's the difference
Many people often ask what the differences are
between a vegan diet and a vegetarian diet.
 The simple answer is that a vegan diet is one of
a number of vegetarian diets.
 Typically, vegetarian diets are broken into
three or more groups include lacto-ovo
vegetarians (whose diets include eating dairy
products and eggs), lacto vegetarians (who
eat dairy, but avoid eggs), and vegan
vegetarians (those who avoid animal products
altogether).
Vegan and vegetarian Food
restrictions
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Vegans eliminate all animal products from
their diet, including dairy and eggs.
Vegetarians also do not eat products that
contain gelatin or other meat-based
products.
Vegans' tremendous compassion for animals
is an abiding, overriding conviction in their
lives.
Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish or poultry
but they tend to consume dairy products and
eggs.
Vegan
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Being vegan, in the strictest sense of the word, is
much more than just a diet.
Vegans strive to avoid animal products in all
aspects of their lives including clothing, cosmetic
products, household items, and of course food.
Therefore, the strict animal product-free
vegetarian diet is only a part of being vegan.
For most vegans the transition from a standard diet
to their new lifestyle happens in stages. This can
sometimes include stepping through a number of
less strict vegetarian diets and then stepping up
the lifestyle changes once a strict vegan diet has
been achieved.
Other types of vegetarians
Flexitarian/Semi-vegetarian
You don’t have to be vegetarian to love
vegetarian food! “Flexitarian” is a term recently
coined to describe those who eat a mostly
vegetarian diet, but occasionally eat meat.
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Pescatarian (also spelled pescetarian)
The word “pescatarian” is occasionally used to
describe those who abstain from eating all meat
and animal flesh with the exception of fish.
Although the word is not commonly used, more
and more people are adopting this kind of diet,
usually for health reasons or as a stepping stone
to a fully vegetarian diet.
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Missing Nutrients for
Vegetarians/Vegans
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From a nutritional standpoint, the only
difference is that vegans need to take a B12
and amino acid supplement, since they have
no dietary source of these nutrients.
The nutrients for which you are at risk of not
getting enough will depend on the foods that
you have omitted from your diet.
You can get all the nutrients you need on a
lacto-ovo (eggs and milk) vegetarian diet
without supplements.
Six kinds of vegetarian (by Ariel Leve)
1 The Diet Veggie. Otherwise known as the episodic
vegetarian. They'll cut out meat for a few weeks and proudly
declare, "I'm vegetarian now" with unwavering conviction.
As soon as they say this you know it's only a matter of time
before they're carving a turkey. Anything they say about how
great it is being vegetarian doesn't count.
2 The Health-Conscious Veggie. This one is always talking
about the virtues of avocado and the best source of protein.
They work at a health food store and usually look anemic.
3 The Ambivalent Veggie. Having been vegetarian for so long,
the ambivalent vegetarian worries they won't be able to digest
meat any more and the fear of getting sick trumps everything.
And also, they've lost the craving for meat which makes it easy.
And also, they eat fish.
Six kinds of vegetarian (by Ariel Leve)
4 The Moral Veggie. Frequently self-righteous
because they're vegetarian for moral reasons
which makes them better than you. They tend to
pass judgment on meat-eaters.
5 The Moral People-Pleasing Veggie. This person
goes out of their way to pretend it's not a morality
issue so as not to upset the person they're dining
with and make them feel bad for ordering beef.
They'll say, "No, it's fine. It doesn't bother me" while
secretly resenting them.
6 The American Veggie. The vegetarian who
sometimes eats bacon.
Vegetarian Statistics
Data
Number of Americans who are vegetarian
7.3 Million
Number of Americans who follow a “vegetarianinclined diet.”
22.8 Million
Number of Americans who are vegan
1 Million
Percent of kids age 8 to 18 that are vegetarians
3%
Percent of adults who consider themselves
vegetarians
10 %
Percent of people surveyed who said they are
"definitely interested" in following a vegetarian diet 5.2 %
in the future
Veggie
Stats
Top Vegetarian Cities (Ranked
by number of vegetarian
restaurants)
1 Portland, Oregon
2 Seattle, Washington
3 San Francisco, California
4 New York, New York
5 Atlanta, Georgia
6 Washington, D.C.
7 Minneapolis, Minnesota
8 Austin, Texas
9 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
10 Chicago, Illinois
Reasons cited
for being a
vegetarian
Improve overall
health
Environmental
concerns
Natural
approaches to
wellness
Food-safety
concerns
Animal welfare
Weight loss
Weight
maintenance
53 %
47 %
39 %
31 %
54 %
25 %
24 %
Length of time
being a vegetarian
Demographics
of Vegetarians
Percent of
female
vegetarians
59 %
Percent of male
41 %
vegetarians
Percent age 18
42 %
to 34
Percent age 35
40.7 %
to 54
Percent over 55 17.4 %
Percent who have
followed a
57.1 %
vegetarian diet for
more than 10 years
Percent who have
followed a
18 %
vegetarian diet for
5 to 10 years
Percent who have
followed a
10.8 %
vegetarian diet for
2 to 5 years
Percent who have
followed a
14.1 %
vegetarian diet for
less than 2 years
Sources
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