What is the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian and why?

Question

Potatoes or rice,collared greens or spinach,corn or sweetpeas,Gatoraid or water?What is the difference there is no meat?

Answer 1

ok here we go:

♦♦Piscatairian♦♦ :

A piscatarian is someone who only eats fish, (out of meats)

♦♦Vegetairian♦♦

A vegetairian is someone who eats no meat & dosent wear leather! they also use animal friendly products although some dont

♦♦Vegan♦♦

A vegan is someone who eats & drinks nothing coming from animals, so no mkeat whatsoever, no dairy no, honey (comes form bee's)

And I also Dont get your other question

Answer 2

technically, being a vegan is a type of vegetarian. It just depends. Most vegetarians are known as people who don't eat meat, fish, or fowl. Vegans usually don't eat meat, fish, fowl, or any product produced by an animal such as cheese or milk. There are also pescitarians. These people do not eat meat, or fowl, but do eat fish. hope i helped

Answer 3

Neither vegans nor vegetarians eat meat.  And technically, all vegans are also vegetarians, but vegans go further in that they also don't eat animal byproducts like dairy products, eggs, or honey.  

As for why somebody decided to become a vegan instead of just a vegetarian, there could be some reasons.  A good friend of mine is vegan.  He actually chose to become a vegan because he didn't like milk or eggs.  

Vegetarians can get complete proteins from dairy and eggs.  Vegans generally have to combine multiple protein sources to get complete proteins, so it's trickier.  

Personally, I'm not a vegan.

Potatoes are not as healthy as brown rice because they have a higher glycemic index which increases your blood sugar and your risk for diabetes.  Brown rice has more fiber, protein, fats and flavor than white rice does.  

Honestly, I think that both collared greens and spinach are healthy.  I prefer the taste of raw spinach, but collared greens are pretty good.  I think both are pretty high in iron and folic acid which most people don't get enough of.

Sweetpeas are legumes whereas corn is a grain.  Sweetpeas have more protein, but they are both pretty healthy, I think.  

Gatoraid has more calories than water, but it also has electrolytes (salt) that you lose when you sweat.  Sometimes when people exercise, they replace the water without replacing the electrolytes which can actually be bad for you.  More healthy is smart water which is just water with electrolytes.  Of course, if you like the taste of gatorade enough, it can still be an option.

Answer 4

Vegetarians don't eat meat. That's it! They eat everything else.

Vegans don't eat or wear anything that came from animals. Including by products.

Answer 5

Vegetarians don't eat meat but they do eat animal products (eggs, milk) while vegans don't eat meat or any animal products.

Answer 6

Vegetarian- no meat (beef, chicken, pork, fish, lamb, etc.)

Types of Vegetarians

Ovo- Vegetarian - will eat eggs

Lacto- Vegetarian- will eat milk (lactose is "milk sugar")

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian- will eat both eggs and milk

Vegan- no meat, no eggs, no milk; they will eat nothing directly from or derived from animals

Answer 7

Vegans need to eat food fortified with Vitamin B12 or B12 Supplements.

While Vegetarians able to obtain enough B12 from egg and milk.

Answer 8

Vegans wont touch anything with animal products, that can include testing on animals, eating animals or anything that has come from an animal etc. Veggies will still eat fish and dairy which come from animals but not the actual meat itself.

Answer 9

A vegan has five letters in its name while vegetarian has ten. That means vegans are half as cool.

Answer 10

Vegan comes as a subset of Vegetarian. Vegetarian is basically veg-based diet, but also includes milk. (Since milk is not a product arising out of a killing of the animal). Egg is also considered "Vegetarian" by certain groups of people. Vegan is not inclusive of egg and milk.

The reason being, the concept of vegetarianism is predominantly based out of religious belief, or it is carried over thru the generations. The vegetarian society in India is mostly Lacto-vegetarian because of this. Cow is considered as a sacred animal, and often compared to mother. That is why Cow's milk is taken. This doesnt harm the animal as well.

Whereas, The concept of "Vegan" excludes the milk and milk products, considering that it is an animal product. The concept is developed out of the compassionate feeling towards animals, rather than religious beliefs or family values carried thru the generations. ..  They usually take their decision by their own conscience. Hence, Vegans are obviously more strict in their beliefs.

That is the difference.

For your additional information:

Both these are far away from the Jain culture though. The Jain food is one step ahead, with an exclusion of all animal products including milk and eggs, and also all plant products which are derived from the root. (Thinking that, excavating the root would harm the life of that plant.). That is a total stay-away from killing of any live being including plants.

Answer 11

Very simple, vegans don't eat ANY animal products such as eggs, milk, cheese,etc, while vegetarians just don't eat meat,and some of them even eat fish.

and i suppose you can find more detailed answer on wikipedia.