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Vegetarian Terminology
Vegetarian diets
Fruitarian - Eats only fruits, seeds, and nutsRaw Foodist (Whole Foodist, Living Foodist) -
Eats only an UNCOOKED, UNHEATED, UNPROCESSED
and ORGANIC plant based diet. Also referred to as a Whole Foodist.
Vegan (old term: Strict Vegetarian)
Eats no meat or animal products, also does not wear animal products.
(Honey may or may not be allowed be some)
Vegetarian - Eats no meat (no cow, fish, chicken, etc.)
Lacto Vegetarian ..........Eats dairy products
Ova Vegetarian .............Eats eggs
Ova-lacto Vegetarian ..Eats eggs and dairy products
Yogic Diet - Practitioners of Yoga, eat only sattvic (pure) fruits and vegetables.
Vegetarian terms
Animal - Any organism possessing a central nervous system,giving it the ability to move and feel pain.
(fish and chicken are indeed animals)
Fasting - Practice of not eating for a day to over a week for cleansing purposes
juices may/or may not be consumed.
Juicing - Making juice out of fruits and vegetables
Protein Combining - Practice of combining different vegetable protein sources
in one meal, for a complete set of amino acids. It was originally
thought that vegetarians needed to consume a complete set of
amino acids in each meal. This was later found to be unnecessary
since the body stores amino acids.
Pseudo-Vegetarian - One who claims to be a vegetarian but isn't.
Veggie - Affectionate nickname for vegetarians
Food terms
Agar - Plant based gelatin alternative.Gelatin/Gelatine - made from animal bones
Miso (fermented soybeans) - used for flavor or as a soup stock.
Seitan (Wheat Gluten) - Made from whole wheat flour
Tempeh - A traditional Indonesian food that is made from whole soybeans
and is sometimes mixed with a grain such as rice. Its fermented
and pressed into flat cakes.
Tofu (soybean Curd) - A traditional Asian soyfood. It's white, nearly oderless,
and bland. It absorbs the flavor of the
items cooking around it.
TVP (Textured Vegetable Protein) - Made from soy flour, looks like ground beef.
Vegeburger - A flat patty usually made from beans, grains, or other vegetable matter.
Animal Rights Terms
Animal Testing - The practice of using animals to test the toxicity, carcinogenic,and irritancy properties of products.
Draize Eye Test ...A test substance is dripped into the eyes of the test animal
Draize Skin Test ..A test substance is applied to the skin of the test animal
LD50 test ..............A test to find the Lethal Dose that kills 50% of the test animals
Buncher - Slang for someone buy/takes animals from animal shelters/pet sellers
to sell to labs
Canned Hunting - Shooting Tame animals in fenced in enclosures. These are often
exotic animals. A kill is guaranteed, no skill required.
Cruelty Free - A product is produced without slaughter or inhumane animal testing
or preferably no animal testing.
Debeaking - The process of snipping the end off the beaks of chickens to prevent them from pecking each other
Downer - Slang for an animal that is too weak/sick/injured to get to the slaughter
house by itself.
Factory Farming - A method of keeping animals in animals in tight pens, to reduce
the space needed per the animal.
Fair Chase - Phrase referring to a hunt where the animal has the possibility
of running away in its natural environment (not true of canned hunts)
Force Feeding - Forcing food into an animal to fatten it.
Specieism - The philosophy that humans are superior to other species
Trophy Animal - Animal hunted for bragging rights
Veal - Usually from calves. The calf is restrained in a box and force fed.
Vivisection - Animal Experimentation, see Animal Testing