Vegetarians?
 

I have been studying Buddhism for quite some time now, I have since begun meditating at 5AM for 1 hour everyday, given up smoking, and quit drinking. My next step is set for New Year's to become a Vegetarian(not required just personal conviction).

Which version has me stumped?

Being Diabetic, my only concern is I do not want tons of pasta and rice to supliment my diet and cause my sugar to spike. I take a multi vitamin packet everyday and I also take magnisium and ginseng as well.

A strict vegetarian, a vegan, avoids all foods of animal origin, including meat, poultry, fish, dairy products, and eggs.

Lacto-vegetarians include dairy products in their diet.

Lacto-ovo-vegetarians also eat dairy products and eggs.

Pesco-vegetarians eat fish, dairy products, and eggs along with plant foods.

Finally, there are semi-vegetarians, who cheat a little and eat a little poultry along with fish, as well as dairy products and eggs.

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Semi-vegetarian, the best of both worlds? And since when are there different levels of being a vegetarian?

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Having been a vegetarian for over 17 years, your reasons for becoming one will not sustain you; you will fail, so don't bother.

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Having been a vegetarian for over 17 years, your reasons for becoming one will not sustain you; you will fail, so don't bother.

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Gee, I bet that post helped

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Having been a vegetarian for over 17 years, your reasons for becoming one will not sustain you; you will fail, so don't bother.

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Gee Thanks, I bet you one of these that I succeed....
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Having been a vegetarian for over 17 years, your reasons for becoming one will not sustain you; you will fail, so don't bother.

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Gee Thanks, I bet you one of these that I succeed....
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You prove my point, thanks. Good luck.

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Having been a vegetarian for over 17 years, your reasons for becoming one will not sustain you; you will fail, so don't bother.

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I've been a vegetarian for 3 years, and I'm quite certain it's a choice I've made for life. What makes you think Steve will fail?

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Which type are you Ed? How difficult is to eat out when you travel?

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I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for 4+ years & was a vegan for 6 months of that time. There's a lot of surprisingly tasty vegan food out there if you search for it & I felt very healthy while I was vegan, but it's still much harder than being lacto-ovo, and I feel healthy enough.

Start with lacto-ovo with a bit of fish now and then, see how that works...you can always go from there. enough vegetarians around by now that you should have some tasty options wherever you are...well maybe not the deep South, dunno never been there.

Good luck, it's a healthy & humane choice.

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I dont think cutting meat entirely out of your diet is a good idea. Keep eating fish at the very least.