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From: vange@stolaf.UUCP (Erin L. Vang)
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Subject: Re: Questions About Vegetarianism
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Date: Fri, 25-Jul-86 22:00:14 EDT
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> Sue Trowbridge @ arpa  : ins_aset%jhunix.BITNET@WISCVM.WISC.EDU:
> 1. I have heard that there are different types of vegetarians,
> including lacto-vegetarians and vegans.  What is the difference?

Ovo-lacto vegetarians and vegans, as far as I know, are the same
thing.  They shun any and all animal products, including eggs
and dairy products.  There's also macrobiotic vegetarians, who
avoid extreme yin and yang foods (yin foods include red meats,
spices, yang foods include I forget what, but I may have them
switched around) and perhaps have further concerns.

> 3. I have decided to continue to eat fish and seafood as well as
> chicken very occasionally.  Is this common, or do most vegetarians
> shun all food that came from a living creature?

It varies according to motive for vegetarianism.  I'm eating a 
vegetarian diet because I'm poor, I tend to feel better (I
think), and this way I don't have to worry as much about whether
my morals are messed up.  Thus, I've eaten quite a bit of these
things.  I just don't generally purchase them.

> 6. What are the best vegetarian cookbooks?

Mollie Katzen's        Moosewood Cookbook 
		       The Enchanted Broccoli Forest 
Francis Moore Lappe's  Diet for a Small Planet 
		       Sequel to same