Emily
MikeI call myself a vegetarian. By that, I mean that I don’t eat meat, poultry, or fish. However, I do eat dairy and egg products and therefore am not a vegan. Technically, I am an octo-lavo vegetarian.
I think my definition matches up with the definition given by the Vegitarian Society of Britain (which I read today on the BBC’s web site). That definition is:
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacean, or slaughter byproducts.
This also matches with the definition given by Juliet Gellatley, director of the vegan and vegetarian group Viva, who was responding to whether fish eaters can call themselves vegetarian:
They cannot. The definition is very clear. It’s someone who doesn’t eat anything from a killed animal.
And so it was funny to read in the article about other categories used by people who consider themselves some type of a vegitarian. Here are some of those names:
Strict Vegetarian
Othodox Vegitarian
Proper Vegetarian
Flexi-Vegan
Fish-eating Vegitarian
Pescetarian
Partly Vegetarian
Flexitarian
Meat Avoider
Meat Reducer
Veggie
Ethical Meat Eater
Fauxgetarian
I guess the important point, no matter what type of a vegetarian one calls oneself, is that more and more people are cutting back on the eating of dead animals. Let’s keep moving in that direction.
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I really enjoyed this post. I think people get caught up in the labeling of things and that causes confusion but your blog post brings clarity to the many types of vegetarians.
I agree that rather than worry about what label you fall under, the more important fact is that you are eating less meat. I became a vegetarian almost 5 years ago, and since then my parents have cut back on their meat eating. They are old school, and will never give it up completely. But I am very proud of them for cutting back what they did.
Studies prove that most vegetarians have a higher IQ than non-vegetarians.
I too am a vegetarian. I have been lactose intolerant since I was a kid but I do still drink dairy on the occasion. If more people were vegetarian the world would be a much better place. 
I encourage people for reducing meat, it makes a small difference. 
Right On! I like the idea of instead of getting caught up in who can have a label, applauding people for reducing meat. Hooray!
Very interesting blog post thanks for writing it.