Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, 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.There are several variants of the diet, some of which also exclude eggs and/or some products produced from animal labor such as dairy products and honey. Veganism, for example, excludes all animal products from diet. By some strict definitions, animal products are not used for attire either, whether or not the production of clothing or items has involved the actual death of an animal (dairy, eggs, honey, wool, silk, down feathers, etc.) A generic term for both vegetarianism and veganism, as well as for similar diets, is "Plant-based diets".Vegetarian diets have been found to satisfy the nutritional needs for all stages of life, and large-scale studies have shown vegetarianism to increase longevity, improve health, and significantly lower risks of cancer and other diseases.

... ovo-vegetarian: eats dairy foods and eggs, but no other animal foods; pesco-vegetarian: eats dairy foods, eggs, and fish, but no other animal foods; semi-vegetarian: mostly follows a vegetarian diet ...

A person can be a combination of any of the above such as a pesco-lacto-ovo vegetarian- (a fish, dairy, egg consuming vegetarian.) What are the benefits of a vegan or vegetarian diet?

The problem is both of these terms violate the basic definition of vegetarian which means a diet devoid of meat. A "pesco-pollo vegetarian" is more descriptive of people who have eliminated red meat ...

 

... may or may not also exclude other animal products like eggs and dairy from their diet. The Vegetarian ... relationship between the two groups has resulted in substituting terms such as pesco-vegetarian and ...

On 24 December 2006, during Christmas dinner, I ended my family’s pesco-vegetarian diet of almost 3 years. And the first non-vegetarian meal we had was grilled baby back ribs.

On 24 December 2006, during Christmas dinner, I ended my family’s pesco-vegetarian diet of almost 3 years. And the first non-vegetarian meal we had was grilled baby back ribs.

In particular, the pesco-vegetarian diet can be environmentally unfriendly if further precautions are not taken, due to the problems of overfishing, habitat damage, and by-catch.

Vegetarian Diets - Background and outline of Vegetarianism and variations of the vegetarian diet. ... Allows milk but will not eat eggs. Ovo - Eats eggs only - but no other animal foods. Pesco - Eats ...