What is a vegan and what is a vegetarian or are they the same?

Question

What is a vegan and what is a vegetarian or are they the same?

Answer 1

A vegetarian does not eat meat, but will eat animal products like sour cream, milk, cheese, honey, etc. Vegans will not eat any animals or their products. They are not the same.

Answer 2

A vegetarian is someone who never eats meats like pork, chicken, beef, ham, etc.  A vegan is someone who doesn't eat anything animal like milk (Because it comes from a cow, which is an animal).  They are like vegetarians, but they are extra picky about anything that comes from animals.  I hope this helps.

Answer 3

A vegetarian does not eat any meat, but still eats eggs, cheese, and drinks milk.

A vegan does not eat any meat, and does not eat eggs, cheese, or drink milk.

Answer 4

vegans dont eat dairy products or animals only fruit vegaterians dont eat animals

Answer 5

vegans dont eat eggs vegetarians do

Answer 6

Vegetarians don't eat meat, and vegans avoid ALL animal products (dairy, meats, leather, eggs, etc.)

Answer 7

A vegan doesn't eat anything that is even from an animal- including milk.  They are completely animal-free.  This includes clothes made from leather or other animal furs.  Vegetarians can be more flexible- some eat fish only, some eat chicken, and many eat eggs and dairy.  I think you can tweak your diet to your lifestyle.  But vegans definitely have a strict diet to follow.  I was thinking about not eating meat, but I never actually went through with it.

Answer 8

Vegan and Vegetarians are VERY different.

Vegetarians Do not eat Meat. That's just about it.

Vegans are the proper version of Vegetarians which don't eat anything involving living animals. Here are a few examples: Vegans don't drink milk, They don't eat cheese, they don't eat eggs.

Vegan's only eat from earthly resources pretty much. nothing from a living animal.

Answer 9

Vegans exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose like wearing fur coats or eating eggs.

Vegetarians just don't eat meat.  

Answer 10

Vegetarians don't eat ya know like just standard meat, but are allowed to eat like eggs and sh*t, Vegans can't eat anything barely touched with animals.

Answer 11

Typically a vegetarian doesn't eat meat. They do eat animal products though. Like cheese, milk, eggs... things that don't harm the animal itself.

A vegan eats only plant products. No meat, no cheese, no egges, no milk.  

Answer 12

Vegans and vegetarians are not the same.

A vegetarian abstains from eating meats, but most usually allow dairy and eggs into their diets.

Vegans will not consume anything that has animal products in it. No meat, milk, eggs, cheese, gelatin(made from rendered pork tendons), bleached flour or sugar, and many other things. Most also abstain from wearing clothing made from animal products like leather or wool.

Answer 13

No, they aren't. Vegans stay away from animal products as well as animal by-products. Most vegetarians just don't eat meat.

A lot more vegans than vegetarians have a lot more morals when it comes to animals and things of the sort.  

Answer 14

Vegetarians do not eat meat, fish or fowl. A vegan does not eat those things, as well as any animal derived product- including dairy, eggs, gelatin and milk proteins. A good rule of thumb is to see if a food contains cholesterol- if it does, it contains animal products and is not vegan.

PETA has a much more in depth list of non-vegan additives, but those are the basics. Both vegetarians and vegans tend to avoid using animal derived products such as leather, wool, or cosmetics tested on animals.

Answer 15

Vegans do not eat meat, or anything that comes from an animal. (egg, milk etc.)  Vegetarians do not eat meat but do consume products that come from animals.

Answer 16

vegetarians dont eat meat. vegans dont eat any animal products

Answer 17

A lot of people have asked this before:

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_r...

Anyway, this is the whole vegetarianism thing:

Semi-vegetarianism — A diet that excludes certain meats, particularly red meat, but allows the consumption of others in limited amounts.

Pescetarianism — A diet that excludes all meat except fish, shellfish, and crustacea.

Lacto-ovo vegetarian — A diet that excludes all meat and fish, but allows the consumption of eggs and dairy

Lacto vegetarian — A diet that excludes all meat, fish and eggs, but allows the consumption dairy products

Ovo vegetarian — A diet that excludes all meat, fish and dairy products, but allows the consumption of eggs

Vegan — A diet that excludes all meat, fish, eggs, dairy and honey

Answer 18

What everyone else said, but FYI a lot of times non-meat animal by-products will still contain bits of animals killed specifically for the food. Sour cream especially you have to watch out for, it can contain animal parts like crushed bone.

Answer 19

Vegetarianism: is the practice of a diet that excludes all meat, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacean, and slaughter by-products. The reasons for choosing vegetarianism may be related to morality, religion, culture, ethics, aesthetics, environment, society, economy, politics, taste, or health.

Vegan-ism: is a diet and lifestyle that seeks to exclude the use of animals for food, clothing, or any other purpose. Vegans endeavor not to use or consume animal products of any kind.The most common reasons for becoming a vegan are ethical commitment or moral convictions concerning animal rights, the environment, human health, and spiritual or religious concerns. Of particular concern are the practices involved in factory farming and animal testing, and the intensive use of land and other resources required for animal farming.

Answer 20

Vegetarians don't eat meat (or products with meat in them) while vegans eliminate meat and any product produced from animals from their diets (such as dairy, eggs, etc.)

Answer 21

Vegans eat NOTHING from an animal. Eggs, milk, gelatin, etc

Vegetarians don't eat meat, but will drink milk and eggs and other products that come from animals

Answer 22

They are different.

A vegan eats or drinks nothing that comes from animals or has animal products in it.

Vegetarians don't eat meat.

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Answer 23

Vegetarians do not eat meat- chicken, pork, beef, fish, etc.

A pescatarian eats fish, but not any other meats.

Vegans do not eat any animal products or food containing animal products- eggs, milk, butter, cheese, meats, etc.

Answer 24

Vegetarians do not eat meat

Vegans do not eat animal products

Answer 25

A vegetarian is a person who doesn't eat meat.

A vegan is a person who doesn't eat meat or animal byproducts, such as milk, obviously cheese, and eggs.

I'm a strict vegetarian; I won't eat anything that includes beef or chicken stock, such as some soups do, but I'm not vegan. Too difficult for me :P and I can't live without cheese lol.

Answer 26

Vegetarians still consume egg and milk.

Vegans do not consume egg, milk and dairy product.

While vegetarian able to obtain Vitamin B12 from egg and milk.

Vegan need to eat foods fortified with vitamin B12 or B12 supplements.



  

Answer 27

VEGETARIAN:

Vegetarian is a blanket term used to describe a person who does not consume meat, poultry, fish, or seafood. This grouping includes vegans and the various sub- categories of vegetarian; however, it generally implies someone who has less dietary restrictions than a vegan.

SEMI-VEGETARIAN:

The term semi-vegetarian is usually used to describe someone who is a vegetarian who consumes dairy products, eggs, chicken, and fish, but does not consume other animal flesh.

OVO-LACTO-VEGETARIAN:

Ovo-lacto vegetarians are vegetarians who do not consume meat, poultry, fish, and seafood, but do consume eggs and milk. This is the largest group of vegetarians.

OVO-VEGETARIAN:

Ovo-vegetarian is a term used to describe someone who would be a vegan if they did not consume eggs.

LACTO-VEGETARIAN:

Lacto-vegetarian is a term used to describe someone who would be a vegan if they did not consume milk.

VEGAN:

Vegan is the strictest sub-category of vegetarians. Vegans do not consume any animal products or by-products. Some go as far as not even consuming honey and yeast. Others do not wear any clothing made from animal products.