Lacto vegetarian is based on the Spiritual premise "Thou shalt not kill.". Basically its no meat and no eggs. Normal vegarianism also excludes dairy products.

Logic

The logical reason for going vegan is health.

• Our digestive system is tailored for hard to digest foods, ie. plants (Carnivors have shorter, smoother, straighter digestive systems, for easy to digest foods, ie. meat.)
• Animal fats are more likely to be 'bad' fats.
• Burnt meat is likely to contain carcinogens.
• Commercial livestock get injected with vaccines, hormones, steroids, etc, which may be passed on to the end consumer.
• Vegetarians (on a sensible diet) are generally heathier than meat-eating equiavlents. Less often sick, sick for a shorter duration, higher endurance, and longer life have been attributed to vegetarianism.
• animals consuming pesticide or otherwise altered plants tend to concentrate the toxins in their bodies. Eating even unwashed plants is less harmful than consuming toxins concentrated in animals.

Recognition

This section will cover world hunger, and any other high-and-mighty concerns. work in progress

Morals

Oh, those poor animals raised in suffering and killed without mercy. :) Some choose vegetarianism because they are animal rights activists.

Spiritual

Every time you kill or cause to be killed something, you attract (what I call) Death Karma. Karma is like a cosmic ledger of everthing you have given out in your life. The Law of Compensation says that whatever you give out will be returned to you at a later time multiplied thosands of times. This process is like planting something, eg. wheat: you get back wheat, not some other plant, you get back many more seeds than you planted, and the new seeds arive after a delay.

Death karma is repaid by easing suffering and helping living things. If this is not done, the karma will be repaid in accidents, illnesses, and the like.

Anyway, thats my logical explanation of the spiritual side. Most spiritual arguments go "Well, God wants it that way..." :(

Links

• Good Karma Cafe high fat vegetarian recipes.
• Fat Free recipes.
• International Vegetarian Union
• Vegetarian Pages
• Vegan society of Australia

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