Question

[Lylou]

Hello everyone

I have a question and i don't know where i may ask it...

I think vegans exclude all products of animal exploitation.

I don't understand how you call people who doesn't eat meat/poultry/fish but accepts eggs/dairy in its diet.
And ditto with the ones who refuses all that but wears leather and uses animal tested cosmetics.

I'm french (and vegan) and here in France we have a word for each without adding prefix
('végétarien'=no meat, etc.
'végétalien'= no meat and egg, etc.
and 'vegan').


Lylou

[Michael]

I don't understand how you call people who doesn't eat meat/poultry/fish but accepts eggs/dairy in its diet.
And ditto with the ones who refuses all that but wears leather and uses animal tested cosmetics.


Vegetarian. Not everyone is vegetarian for the same reasons. If someone has heart trouble and eats vegetarian they would probably have no issues wearing leather shoes. That'd be one example.

[ripvanfish]

végétarien'=no meat, etc. = Vegetarian
'végétalien'= no meat and egg, etc. = Vegan

[Lylou]

Vegetarian. Not everyone is vegetarian for the same reasons. If someone has heart trouble and eats vegetarian they would probably have no issues wearing leather shoes. That'd be one example.
Ok i think i understand
you make no difference from the moment you don't eat meat, fish, poultry, seafood and gelatin, you are vegatarian
and we have the same meaning of a vegan.
thank you mikael and ripvanvish :)

[julie707]

I had the idea that OP was looking for more specific english words for the different types of non-meat-eating life choices. Like:

-vegetarian: eats no animal products, but may use non-food animal products such as silk and leather

-ovo-lacto-vegetarian: eats eggs and dairy, but no meat

-pescatarian: eats fish, but no other meat

-vegan: doesn't eat or use animal products, including honey, silk, leather and so on.

I know that the finer points of using this sort of terminology can sometimes be a "hot topic" here, and I have no wish to offend or start any discussions of an incendiary nature, but I do think that this may have been what Lylou was asking. :)

[Tesare]

Allergies can be an issue for some. For example, a person who had a hard time maintaining proper blood sugar (diabetic or hypoglycemic) needs more protein to stay stable. If that person were also allergic to some of the major protein plant source, such as soy or wheat, eating dairy and eggs might be his or her only option if not in a veg-friendly area.