My Plant-Based Diet

Plant-Based Diet In simple terms, it just means eating more vegetables than you're used to. It means replacing your meat servings with fruit and vegetables whenever you can. That's what makes it a "plant-based" diet. There are often misconceptions as to what this diet entails. Some confuse it with vegetarianism and others confuse it with veganism. Neither are accurate. - Vegetarianism This eating philosophy dictates that no meat consumption is allowed. ALL your foods will have to be vegetables and/or fruit. There are different types of vegetarianism and they're named according to the exceptions that people make with the diets. Those who consume dairy products such as milk and cheese are known as lacto-vegetarians. Those who consume eggs are referred to as ovovegetarians. Then we have pescatarians who eat fish and so on. While these exceptions exist, the cardinal rule is that NO poultry or red meat is allowed in the diet. - Veganism Veganism is much more extreme and disallows the consumption of any food that is meat or an animal by-product. So, that eliminates dairy products such as milk, cheese, etc. from the diet. There'll be no consumption of eggs or fish either. The goal of most vegans is to leave as small a carbon footprint on the planet as possible, and to be kind towards animals.