Vegetarianism

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but many other people have
reduced their intake of meat or given up eating red meat. To truly be
vegetarian one must not eat any flesh, although some people eat no meat
except for fish and consider themselves vegetarian. The first type of
vegetarian is a lacto-ovo-vegetarian. They eat both dairy products and
eggs, but do not consume meat. It is fairly easy to get enough nutrients
with a lacto-ovo diet. The second style of vegetarianism is a lacto-
vegetarian who eats dairy but no meat or eggs. Very few people choose to
be a lacto-vegetarian because most people think that eating eggs is very
similar to eating dairy products in the way that each is produced. The
third and strictest form of being vegetarian is vegan. A vegan avoids all
foods that come from animals in any way, including both dairy and eggs.
Many vegans also try not to use animal products in other ways such as
wearing leather or furs because of their belief in animal rights. In
summary, to be a true ...

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used
for either grazing of livestock or growing feed for the animals. Fifty
percent of the water consumed in the United States is consumed by livestock.
Another example of how people could use less water by being vegetarian is
shown in the fact that a vegan uses only three hundred gallons of water a
day for the production of their food while a meat eater uses four thousand
two hundred gallons of water in one day. Many people have chosen to
eliminate eating meat because they feel like the data shown above
demonstrates how being vegetarian is an environmentally sound choice. A
third reason why people don't eat meat is because they feel that each
animal has a right to live and should not ...

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