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 Some vegetarians–usually strict vegans–will not consume sugar. This is because sugar is often whitened with bonechar from cows.
If you are a vegetarian and you want to continue eating products that contain sugar, but do not want to cause suffering in the process, you have a number of options.
Your first option is to only consume products made with beet sugar. There are two major sources of sugar in the United States: beet sugar and cane sugar. Cane sugar is
often whitened with bone char from cows; in contrast, beet sugar is never whitened with bone char.
 As a prospective vegetarian, you probably question whether or not it really matters if you stop eating meat. You might wonder how much of a difference one additional vegetarian can make.
And while it might be true that one vegetarian won’t make huge statistical difference in a world of meat-eaters– and while it is also true that one more vegetarian probably isn’t going to turn the tide in the movement–you can do a lot as an individual that will be good for you and good for hundreds of animals.
Many vegans quit eating meat, eggs, milk, honey, and yeast for one very specific reason: they have a deep reverencef or all living things and subsequently want to prevent
all living things from suffering on their behalf.
This reverence for all living things drives some vegans to what nonvegetarians might consider extremes. Some live greatly restricted lives, but for a noble cause: to prevent suffering and death wherever possible.
In addition to preventing death and suffering through dietary selections, some vegans have vowed to prevent it in all other capacities.
Vegetarian Statistics
Many nonvegetarians and some vegetarians alike question
whether being a vegetarian really makes any difference
at all. Some bring up blurry ethical situations to make it
impossible to see a vegetarian lifestyle as ethical.
If you are a prospective vegetarian for ethical reasons,
but aren’t sure whether or not a vegetarian lifestyle is
truly a more ethical choice, here are some statistics
from EarthSave to help you make your choice (for
or against):
1. Over 1.3 billion human beings could be fed each year
from the grain and soybeans that go to livestock in the
United States.
What Is Vegetarian Cheese?
Vegetarian cheese is cheese that is not curdled with
rennet, an enzyme that occurs naturally in animal stomachs.
Most vegetarian cheeses are curdled with either plants,
fungi, or bacteria.
Vegetarians who do not consume cheese with rennet
generally choose not to because it involves slaughtering
animals to extract the enzymes.
Vegetarian cheese is hard to distinguish from cheese made
with rennet. This lack of distinguisability often forces
vegetarians who are ethically-opposed to harming animals
to consume cheeses that contain rennet.
Three Health Advantages Of A Vegetarian Diet
While many people lament the nutritional disadvantages
of a poorly planned vegetarian diet, few stress the
health advantages of adopting a vegetarian or vegan diet.
In this article, I will cover the major three nutritional
advantages of becoming a vegetarian.
The first major advantage of a vegetarian diet is
increased heart health. Vegetarians, on average, consume
more nuts (often as a supplemental form of protein). Nuts
contain “good” fats, such as omega-3 and omega-6. This
promotes good heart health by reducing “bad” cholesterol
and unclogging arteries.
This is a preview of Three Health Advantages Of A Vegetarian Diet . Read the full post (322 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)
How To Cook For A Vegetarian This Holiday Season
Are you worried about cooking for a vegetarian in your
family this upcoming holiday season? Well, worry no more.
This article will tell you exactly what you need to do
and know before you start cooking this holiday season.
You can start off by finding out what type of vegetarian
your guest is. For instance, if she is a strict
vegan, then there?s a chance she will not eat food
that contains honey or yeast; however, if on the other
hand, she is a “semi” or “pseudo” vegetarian, there is a
chance she will actually eat the meal as it is prepared,
including the meat. And if she?s a lacto-ovo-vegetarian,
she might eat anything with eggs and milk, but will
probably avoid meat dishes.
This is a preview of How To Cook For A Vegetarian This Holiday Season . Read the full post (546 words, estimated 2:11 mins reading time)
The Difference Between Vegan & Vegetarian
If you recently started reading about vegetarian
diets, you have probably read all sorts of
strange vegetarian terms and categories like “vegan,”
“ovo-lacto vegetarian,” and “semi-vegetarian.”
You probably wondered what the big deal was.
Afterall, what is so conceptually tough about not
eating meat?
And you were right!
The distinctions between these sub-categories of
vegetarian are actually small, but each is very important
to members who belong to the groups. For them, these
distinctions aren?t arbitrary lines; they are important
dietary or ethical decisions.
Let?s take a look at some of these groups:
This is a preview of The Difference Between Vegan & Vegetarian . Read the full post (321 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)
Why Vegans Don’t Eat Eggs
As a prospective vegan, you may be wondering exactly
why vegans make the dietary choices they make. And you
may also be hesitant to adopt these choices until you
yourself understand and accept them.
In this article, I will explain the two major vegetarian
positions on eating eggs to help you make your decision.
The sub-category of vegetarian I will cover,
ovo-vegetarians, accept the normal consumption of eggs
because they do not believe that doing so conflicts
with an ethical vegetarian diet. They do not see eggs
as living things and subsequently do not make the
connection between consuming eggs and causing animal
suffering or death.
Why Vegans Don’t Consume Dairy Products
As with most dietary questions, vegans are split
on the issue of dairy products–not so much on the question
of whether or not they are acceptable, but instead for what
reasons they should not be consumed.
All vegans (or at least true vegans) abstain from consuming
dairy products. Some do so for nutritional reasons;
others abstain for ethical reasons.
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