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BodybuildingPro.com  Nutrition Database What is Veganism?
 What is
Veganism?
Vegetarianism is the fastest growing dietary form in the Western
world today, and within it veganism is also steadily growing in
popularity.
It is estimated that there are over 15 million vegetarians in the
United States, and over 9 million in the United Kingdom. In the
United States in particular veganism is rapidly growing in
popularity as the health benefits of the vegan diet are becoming
clearer. In Australia, over one quarter of teenage girls are
vegetarian.
Vegans are individuals who refrains from eating all animal
products. This means that vegans do not eat meat, fish, poultry,
dairy or eggs. Most vegans (particularly those who chose veganism
for ethical reasons) do not wear animal products, including
leather, fur, silk and wool.
Vegetarians eat animal by- products but not animal flesh. There
are a few types of vegetarians:
Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians eat eggs and dairy products. This is the
most commonly found form of vegetarianism in the Western World.
Lacto-Vegetarians are common throughout India in particular. They
eat dairy products, but refuse eggs.
Ovo-Vegetarians accept eggs but refuse dairy products. This is a
relatively uncommon form of vegetarian.
Other groups include individuals who refuse all red meat but eat
poultry and fish/seafood, and those who refuse meat and poultry but
eat fish/seafood. Neither group is vegetarian, and vegan and
vegetarian societies worldwide consider both dietary forms as
subsets of the omnivorous diet.
*Take a look at the who's who of Vegetarians:
Woody Harrelson
Kim Basinger
Ted Danson
Daryl Hannah
Drew Barrymore
Dustin Hoffman
Brooke Shields
Christie Brinkley
Bob Barker
Mary Tyler Moore
Bryan Adams
Elvis Costello
Melissa Etheridge
Bob Dylan
Peter Gabriel
Billy Idol
Indigo Girls
Lenny Kravitz
Moby
Morrissey
Louisa May Alcott
William Blake
Clara Barton
Charlotte Bronte
Leonardo Da Vinci
Charles Darwin
Thomas Edison
Albert Einstein
Ralph W Emerson
Henry Ford
Martin Luther
Sir Isaac Newton
Plato
Milton
George Bernard Shaw
Benjamin Spock MD
Mark Twain
H.G Wells
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