What Is A Vegan?

Well...

I'm not a huge fan of forcing someone into a particular category for their diet choices. I would prefer to allow people a little breathing room rather than get up in their face about them eating an occasional bite of something non-vegan.

In fact, my entire webpage is based around making veganism practical and easy for anyone and everyone.

In my opinion, this makes veganism more accessible and less of an extreme. Then, I think we can make a greater difference on people's lives and the lives of animals by including more people. What sense does it make to make veganism a special club that only the most devoted can join?

Some vegans may disagree with this philosophy, and I respect them for their devotion. They are the more likely ones to stick steadfastly to the rules and definitions below.

Hopefully these definitions will give you a better idea of what is a vegan.

Vegan: A person who doesn't eat meat, poultry, fish, seafood, eggs, or dairy. They usually avoid honey and foods processed with animal products like gelatin, lanolin. Often, vegans avoid wearing animal products like leather, silk, down feathers, and wool. Vegans are sometimes called "strict vegetarians."

Vegetarian: A person who doesn't eat meat, poultry, or fish, but does eat dairy products and/or eggs.

Pescatarian: A person who doesn't eat meat or poultry, but does eat fish; they may or may not eat dairy products and/or eggs.

Pollotarian: A person who doesn't eat red meat or fish, but does eat chicken; they may or may not eat dairy products and/or eggs.

Lacto-ovo Vegetarian: Someone who eats eggs and milk products, but is otherwise a vegan.

Lacto Vegetarian: Someone who eats milk products, but not eggs, and is otherwise a vegan.

Beegan: A vegan who eats honey. Sometimes this is because they don't truly believe it to be an animal product.

Dietary vegan: Someone whose diet is vegan, but who doesn't avoid all non-food animal products, like for clothing and toiletries.

Flexitarian: Someone who primarily eats vegetarian food, but allows for exceptions occasionally.

Lessetarian: A person who tries to reduce their consumption of animal products, but doesn't necessarily eliminate them.

See how silly some of these definitions get? I doubt many people walk around saying they are lessetarians. I think it's much easier to say, "I avoid eating meat products." But, if you need a label, there you go.

Or, maybe someone just accused you of being a Beegan because of a piece of bread you just ate and you need to figure out what that means. I hope this helped you to know what is a vegan.

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