Differentiating Vegans and Vegetarians

People still don’t know the difference between a vegan and a vegetarian. Even though the two societies are common now, many people still think that vegans and vegetarians are the same.

However, vegans are the people who really care about animals and boycott from all animal product usage. They will neither have meat, nor use any dairy or poultry products.  In addition, vegans don’t use any other products that come from animals such as wool, silk and leather. Vegans are highly compassionate towards animals and they base their lives on this conviction.

Meanwhile, vegetarians are only against the consumption of meat, fish and poultry, however, they do consume dairy products and eggs. Although, lacto-vegetarians do consume dairy products, yet ovo-vegetarians do consume eggs. In addition, vegetarians also don’t consume any products that contain gelatin or animal fat oil.

The vegan psychology degrades and discourages animal commercialization. This is because using animals implies disrespect for basic life and expresses a component of inhumanity. The only problem faced by vegans is that they need to take B12 and amino acid supplements. However, a complete nutrition can be obtained on a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet.

There are many health benefits attached to a vegetarian diet. Vegetarians have a 12% longer life expectancy than meat eaters and are 19% less likely to die from a cardiovascular disease. In addition, vegans also have a lower rate of diabetes and kidney failure. Meanwhile vegans do not consume most processed food because of one reason or the other, hence, the elimination of fast food also plays a part in healthy living. It was also experienced that the vegan benefits were stronger in men than in women.