Types Of Vegetarianism

Wikipedia has some great info about the different types of vegetarianism, as well as related dietary practices, and some unrelated practices that use neologisms derived from the word “vegetarian.”

Diet Name	Meat, (including Fish and Poultry)	Eggs	Dairy	Honey
Ovo-lacto vegetarianism	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lacto vegetarianism	No	No	Yes	Yes
Ovo vegetarianism	No	Yes	No	Yes
Veganism	No	No	No	No

Other dietary practices commonly associated with vegetarianism

• Fruitarianism is a diet of only fruit, nuts, seeds, and other plant matter that can be gathered without harming the plant.
• Macrobiotic diet is a diet of mostly whole grains and beans. Not all macrobiotics are vegetarians as some consume fish.
• Natural hygiene in its classic form recommends a diet principally of raw vegan foods.
• Raw veganism is a diet of fresh and uncooked fruit, nuts, seeds, and vegetables.
• Dietary veganism - where vegans don't use animal products of any kind, dietary vegans restrict their veganism to their diet^[6]

It should be noted that most vegetarians also are aware of avoiding products that may use animal ingredients not included in their labels or which use animal products in their manufacturing i.e. cheeses that use animal rennet, gelatin (from animal skin, bones, and connective tissue), some sugars that are whitened with bone char (e.g. cane sugar, but not beet sugar) and alcohol clarified with gelatin or crushed shellfish and sturgeon.

Diets that are not related with vegetarianism

Some non-vegetarian diets use terms neologisms derived from the word "vegetarianism":

• Pescetarianism — A diet in which the only animals consumed are fish or other seafood.
• Pollotarianism — A diet in which the only animals consumed are fowl and poultry.
• Semi Vegetarian - A diet in which the only animal flesh consumed is seafood and poultry.
• Flexitarianism — A diet that consists primarily of vegetarian food, but that allows occasional exceptions.
• Freeganism — argues all commodities produced under capitalism, not only those from animal sources, contribute to exploitation and avoid buying anything, including food. Freegans thus focus on acquiring foods and other commodities by means other than purchasing, including foraging for wild plants and gardening with intent to cause as little violence and ecological destruction as possible through their consumption. While many freegans are vegans or vegetarians, others will eat animal products that would otherwise go to waste under the justification that doing this does not encourage further animal exploitation.

What kind are you?